To what extent is a rape victim responsible for the crime?

[Zazzy]

You don't really hear too many cases of girls being raped in their homes or next to their friends.

Talk to any cop or DA and you'll find you are wrong about this. Most rapes are not stranger rapes. They are committed by acquaintances, friends, boyfriends, and ex-boyfriends. They happen in homes, at parties, in cars, etc, not in back alleys. They happen because women feel comfortable and safe with people they know and so let their guard down.

So rather than putting blame, I'd say that a girl has to be a responsible person, and should abstain from walking the night alone, or going to places alone to actually minimize the risk of being sexually assaulted.

No one is saying that women shouldn't take care. Just as you shouldn't drive you expensive car to the ghetto and leave the keys it, women shouldn't go out alone in dangerous areas. But it's really hard to imagine your ex being angry enough to come to your house and rape you, or for your friend's friend to rape you when you're drunk at a party full of people you know. Should women be paranoid, quiet, chaperoned mice with every man they meet? Because if you get raped, stats say you will know your rapist.