Sky News presenter Stephen Dixon has been slammed for asking whether girls in short skirts could be considered partly to blame for being sexually assaulted.
On Sky’s Sunrise show, the hosts were discussing a report which showed that two in five men believe a drunk woman wearing a short skirt is to blame if she is sexually attacked.
The 42-year-old anchor was joined by Isabel Webster, weather woman Nazaneen Ghaffar, journalist Sebastian Payne and professor Sarah Churchwell, when he posed the question.
Stephen asked: “Is it a dreadful thing to say if women are out in short skirts and drunk that they don’t need to take any personal responsibility?”
Sarah quickly interrupted and said: “Yes!
“Let me ask you a question – if you’re walking down the street and you get punched in the face, are you responsible for having left your house?”
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