Norway's new minister for children and gender equality: 'Girls who get raped are responsible'

'Girls who get raped are responsible': Minister

Norway's new minister for children and gender equality has caused the government's first political scandal, after it was pointed out that she once argued that girls who get raped "are responsible for the situation they put themselves in".

Solveig Horne, a politician from the populist Progress Party, made the comments in an interview with Norway's state television channel in 2011.

"Girls are responsible for the situation they put themselves in, but boys also have a responsibility to respect a 'no'," she said. "I think both boys and girls have equal responsibility."

Lisa Arntzen, spokesperson for Dixi, a rape victims support centre in Oslo, told The Local that the rape victims she works with were "really hurt and affected" by Horne's statement.

http://www.thelocal.no/20131017/New-Norway-equality-minister-triggers-rape-scandal