Rape example in text book shows systemic flawsFor the past five years, teenagers at South Africa’s government high schools have been taught in Life Orientation classes that it is the victim’s responsibility to prevent rape. After the event Angie was afraid to tell her parents what had happened, and therefore felt she could not report the rape. There is no questioning of the responsibility of the others involved, nothing to interrogate their facilitating or preventing rape. “There is a complete failure to look at how society facilitates and enables rape by constantly keeping the focus on the victim. The group at greatest risk of rape is young woman – which is exactly what this scenario is about,” Vetten said.