In this article Jenny Kutner`s main argument is that somehow the victims are being blamed for rape instead of the sexual offenders. She addresses to many anti-rape campaigns that idealize women drinking the main reason for rape. Kutner uses a phrase that says "raping causes women to get raped". The U.K.`s National Health Service has a campaign called "Know Your Limits", in which the following phrase appears: "One in three reported rapes happens when the victim has been drinking". This campaign, when released, did spark a lot of outrage. However, at the time NHS claimed that since the campaign was over nothing could be done. Kutner believes that just because the campaign is over, it does not mean that those ideas are still not being spread. She believes the combat against this type of message is creating a new one where the rapists are responsible for raping.
Jenny Kutner already starts her article in the offense of the argument. She uses a type of persuasion that deeply relates to the reader. She also approaches a subject that most people would not even know is happening. She makes the reader question that if it is common sense that rape is a crime and the criminal is the rapists, why are these campaigns blaming women? She shows through her arguments that she is not defending the victims in a feminist stand, but rather being a citizen who wants justice. She also directly identifies a specific campaign which is using the "blame it on the victim" message, which makes her article have more credibility. This is caused by the fact that the reader can see that campaign and say: "this is really happening".
http://www.salon.com/2014/08/04/free_idea_for_anti_rape_campaigns_stop_blaming_victims_for_drinking/
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