Only when experimental participants were informed that a woman was raped did they perceive the woman's behavior as inviting rape. This best illustrates that victim blaming is fueled by

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This phenomenon is known as hindsight bias, which occurs when people perceive an event as being more predictable than it actually was after it has occurred. In the case of victim blaming, hindsight bias can lead people to believe that the victim's behavior was a contributing factor to the assault, when in reality it was not.

Only When Experimental Participants Were Informed That a Woman Was