Normally I’d agree, it’s certainly an endemic problem with VAWG, but I just don’t think it’s happening here. No victim blaming certainly. And questions being asked of men who may have knew and did nothing, whoever they were.
As I said my main concern is how could I act to stop it (I don’t have any friends I call rapist for a laugh, but should I be quicker to do something when I suspect a mate? What should I do? What would I do if I saw a lone copper handcuffing a woman in the street?) and how can I help protect the woman and girls in my life (answers on a postcard?).