Richard Graham: UK lawmaker's rape remarks draw condemnation
| LONDON
A British lawmaker's suggestion that young women who wear high heels and short skirts put themselves at greater risk of rape has drawn widespread condemnation.
"If you are blind drunk and wearing those clothes how able are you to get away?" Conservative Party lawmaker聽Richard聽Graham, of Gloucester, was quoted as saying by his local newspaper, The Citizen.
Anti-rape activists said聽Graham's聽comments smacked of blaming rape victims for having been assaulted.
But聽Graham聽said in a blog post Saturday that his interview "in no way intimates ANY excuse for predatory behavior."
In further comments to The Citizen,聽Graham聽said, "Risk management is a million miles from saying anything like 'she was asking for it.'"
Graham聽could not be reached for comment Sunday.
