a gang of youths in 1989.
Gartner and others argued that naming rape victims will help to eventually re-move the social stigma against rape vic- tims. The contention, Pollitt observes, rests on a dubious assumption. "Why would society blame rape victims less if it knew who they were?" The issue of nam- ing the victim, she says, cannot be di- vorced from blaming the victim.
The news media's coverage of the Palm Beach case, Pollitt says, underlines the fact that rape is treated differently...