A video put out by the police in southern Hungary as a part of campaign to raise awareness against rape has been slammed for blaming the victims.
The video, featuring a young woman being approached by a hooded man outside a nightclub and is then shown lying on the ground, gives out the message that the flirtation of young girls can often trigger violence, CNN reported.
Several Hungarian advocacy groups claim that the video, titled 'SelfieKlip,' scares and humiliates the victims and exonerates the perpetrators to go unpunished, adding that these kinds of films evoke misogyny and contempt for women.
In a statement posted alongside the video, police say that the experience has shown that how women communicate plays a huge role because if a woman flirts with a man, then rejects him, this may create anger.
The Hungarian women's rights groups also claimed that the video completely ignores that sexual violence happens because of a decision by the attacker, not the victim.
The groups said that the mission of the police is to protect and serve the public, rather than blaming the victims, or potential victims, or to pass on the responsibility on them.
