“Don’t dress as you like. If a man rapes you because of your dressing, it’s your fault” – TV host, Abigail Gogo tells women
Nigerian media personality, Abigail Gogo, has shared her thoughts on the controversial topic of indecent dressing and rape.
In a chat with other women on Wazobia Max TV while speaking on the discourse, “how person dey take dress, e concern anybody?”, Abigail said women are to be blamed if they get raped because of their outfit.
While the other women asserted that a person’s choice of dressing is not anyone’s business, Abigail maintained that the narrative is false because one’s dressing affects other people.
According to her, the Holy Bible also backs her stance because it says a lady’s dressing can cause a man to stumble.
She added that women should not dress as they like because if they get molested or raped in the process, it would be their fault.
Sadly, rape persists in our country despite measures put in place to curb it.
It is, however, baffling, that some critics have accused young girls of indecent dressing,which they say, perhaps, is a justification for rape.
The blame game in our society when young girls are sexually molested is quite painful.
We live in a society where anytime anything goes wrong, we ask the wrong questions about the situation.
Critics prefer to blame victims because of their mode of dressing. They accuse girls of wearing mini skirts, revealing dresses and all sorts. Is that a justification for sexual abuse?
They believe when girls dress in revealing apparels, they are asking for it. Meanwhile, women from India, who wear saris and women from the North who constantly wear hijabs are raped too.
A rapist might have other reasons to rape, but dressing should never be an excuse for rape.
Rape culture includes jokes, TV, music, advertising, legal jargon, laws, words and imagery, that make violence against women and sexual coercion seem so normal that people believe that rape is inevitable.
