It bewilders me that Americans will shake their heads at the absurdity of this without recognizing that it’s the same attitude a huge subset of Americans espouse, just taken a bit further.
It’s the same “it is 100% the responsibility of women to avoiding doing/saying/wearing anything that might distract men or tempt them away from the virtue which is obviously their natural state, and there is zero expectation that men can or should have to be responsible for controlling their own behavior” nonsense that gets espoused by a worryingly large subset of Americans.
“Well, what did she expect, going out at night dressed like that?!”
“Oh, she was way too forward with him.”
“Well of course she keeps getting passed up for promotions. The way she keeps disagreeing with her manager in meetings is totally emasculating! She’s lucky she still has a job!”
“We can’t allow her to come to school dressed like that- it’s distracting to the other students.”
