Victim blaming is prevalent where rape culture thrives. Rape culture is said to be thriving when frequent cases of sexual violence is normalised and the society readily justifies their occurrences.

Sexual harassment isn’t necessarily done for sexual purposes. For example, making sexual remarks and passing it off as a joke is already a form of harassment.

The terminology image-based sexual abuse was coined by Clare McGlynn and Erika Rackley. It groups digital sexual offences under the same category due to the similarities that they share such as permanence of images or videos, especially once uploaded online.

Conversations surrounding sexual topics are considered uncomfortable for many in our society. While some of us do appreciate its necessity, more often than not, any effort to encourage others doing the same leads to a heated exchange.