Types of victim blaming

I’m writing a little something about victim blaming with regards to sexual assault and domestic violence, and the main thing I want to focus on is the basis someone might use to victim blame rather than how they do it.  But I’m not coming up with too many.

-Style of dress (this seems by far the most common, but I’m open to evidence that I’m wrong)

-Slut-shaming (this can be split into two- behavior at the time of the assault and references to past behavior designed to cast doubt on a current allegation)

-Not working around someone else’s violent triggers, as opposed to holding a violent person accountable for their actions

The first two seem like they would broadly cover the type of victim blaming we tend to see in the media, but I imagine there’s some other well-worn victim blaming rationale that I’m missing.  As for the last one, again, I have to be missing something in terms of victim blaming in cases of domestic violence, but it often seems like the main problem with DV now is that it’s kept quiet rather than people trying to excuse it.

So, Feministing:  Any ideas?

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