Knowledge of breaking a law can disqualify someone as a victim

Evidence

Some posters express concern and outrage over how Lawal is being victimized and others question the extent to which Lawal is the ultimate victim as depicted on the Winfrey Show. Some posters claim that Lawal should not be perceived as a victim given that she knowingly broke the law in Katsina, Nigeria. — Evelyn Alsultany, Arabs and Muslims in the Media, 757

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the ‘complaints about immodesty’ theme of how framing victims as law-breakers reframes punishment as justice; ties to victim-blaming discourse generally.