After Kim Kardashian’s Robbery, Blaming the Victim—And Her Body

This is so well-written. Thanks for writing this. All I really know about Kim is that her start was her tape, and anything else I've learned is from random episodes of Keeping Up With the Kardashians that my mom used to watch when I was in high school. I know that a lot of people judge her and her family for being superficial, and for caring too much about their appearances... I imagine Kim has done a lot of work to get where she is, though, because otherwise every one could be become a celebrity because of a sex tape. It just doesn't work that way.

But even if it did — if she had "done nothing" and that's how she got her fame — then all the power to her! She's an inspiration. There's too much negativity sent women's way for being "too" concerned with their appearances, what others think, or even being too insecure. Her nakedness goes beyond her nudity, and that's something I think many women wish they could do.

"It is also troubling that response to this violence is that women who succeed because of, rather than in spite of, their bodies and their complexities have claimed power that is not theirs to claim." This quote really resonated with me. Why shouldn't she use her body to achieve success, when in fact society tells women that their body is all they have to give?

Hi, I have been “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” ever since their showed first aired in 2007. I was only about 10 years old at the time. I remember growing up watching the show with my family and actually seeing Kim as a role model. Obviously, I don’t agree with Kim’s sex tape. However, everyone makes mistakes in life and what she did with her life afterward says more about her than that one very big mistake. She took something that could have ruined her for the rest of her life and built a whole empire out of it not just for herself, but for her whole family as well. Kim has been known to post very controversial pictures and be very open about her body. Especially since she has had children. I prided Kim even more for getting in such amazing shape after having her two children. I saw Kim gain a lot of weight during pregnancy and I was like, “How is she ever going to get her body back?” She did though and I was so proud of her. I know she had to be very proud of herself as well, because it takes a lot of working getting in that good of shape after having children. Therefore, I completely understood why she would want to post revealing pictures of her body again. Many people said she should not do that because she has children now. I disagree completely. I feel that Kim being so comfortable with her body is empowering. Obviously, Kim is small and fit, but she is not bone thin like many celebrities. She has curves. Kim shows that having a butt and boobs is completely okay and being comfortable in your own skin is even more okay. Now when it comes to her showing off her wealth as well as her body. I don’t blame Kim for that either. She has worked hard to get the kind of lifestyle she has now, regardless of what anyone else says. So if she wants to Instagram pictures of herself in expensive clothes and jewelry, more power to her. It’s what she’s worked for and achieved in life, no matter how she managed to do it. Like you said, Taylor Swift and plenty of other celebrities post Instagram pictures revealing their wealth. I feel that many people are simply just jealous of Kim, which is ridiculous. I don’t know why more people can’t just be supportive of people and happy for people, but that’s another discussion. Now for how people are trying to blame her for the robbery, that infuriates me! I do not believe that was a publicity stunt and I do not feel that Kim is to blame at all. This is almost like how people will blame a woman dressed revealingly on the weekends for getting raped. Nobody should be blamed for being robbed, sexually assaulted, abused, etc. for any reason. It is never their fault. If this had happened to almost any other celebrity, people would not once try to blame the celebrity for it. You have made a very good point about how women’s bodies are almost being taken from them. In my opinion, Kim Kardashian is a strong woman that can be looked at as a role model and she is not to blame for what happened to her in any way. The people who are trying to blame her in a way are being completely ridiculous and it worries me to think that many people believe that way.

I really appreciated this article because it touched upon a recent major news topic and the issue of violence against women. The interesting part of this event was that so many people blamed Kim Kardashian for being robbed and having this violent attack happen to her. It highlights on the bigger issue that in cases of sexual assault or other violence against women, people quickly ask “what were they wearing” or “were they acting in a sexual manner” as if any of these are valid reasons that a woman should ever be attacked. The victim blaming that had happened to Kim Kardashian after the event was absolutely terrible because research shows that victim blaming makes it harder for the victim to come forward and report the abuse. Therefore, all the women who were sexually assaulted and saw this event on the news and the comments that blamed Kim for the attack probably felt marginalized and discouraged. Kim Kardashian also told People magazine that she blames herself for the attack because she flaunted her wealth so much but does this mean that a successful and wealthy woman in the world can’t flaunt their wealth anymore out of the fear that they might be attacked. So many wealthy people, many who are celebrities, take to social media to show off their wealth including Taylor Swift as this blog post has mentioned. It is unfair that the public gives Kardashian a harder time because of her choice to show off her sexuality more. I thought it was ridiculous how in a Times article they asked why Kardashian was alone. All these little comments that surfaced after this incident went on to support the prevalence of gender scripts that still very much exists in our society and the negative impacts of victim blaming does to individuals