Fox’s Stacey Dash Apologizes for ‘Failed Attempt at Humor’ About Rape

During a conversation on fraternity and sorority measures and sexual assault on campus last week, Outnumbered cohost Stacey Dash made some comments that certainly appeared to blame women for their own rapes:

I think it’s a good thing for the good girls, to be told stay home, be safe,” Dash told her co-hosts. “The other bad girls — bad women — are the ones who like to be naughty, might go out and play and get hurt and then, you know,” she said, trailing off.

“But the other thing about this is that it then blames the alcohol instead of the person who over-drinks,” she continued. “So it’s like, the same thing with guns. Guns don’t kill people. People kill people. Alcohol doesn’t get you drunk. You get yourself drunk.”

On Monday Dash apologized, calling the remarks a “failed attempt at humor”:

Watch the original clip below, via Fox News:

[h/t Media Matters]

[Image via screengrab]

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