Who is to Blame for Sexual Assault?

1 in 4 women are sexually assaulted before the age of 18 – that means there are many, many women dealing with the impact of sexual assault in their lives.  One issue that consistently comes up for survivors of sexual assault is the issue of blame.  They often feel that somehow they caused or complied with the sexual assault, and if they had done something differently it wouldn’t have happened.  In this episode of Real Success for Women, Australian psychologist Leanne Donoghue-Tamplin sets the record straight – the only person that is to blame is the perpetrator.  It is never the fault of the victim.