A presenter on RedeTV blames rape victims for the clothes they wear.

In response to a female internet user's question about how to avoid rape, presenter Wilson Rodrigues, known as 'Pica-Pau', suggested: "Just wear normal short clothes and go to a party with decent people and you won't get raped."

He said this live on the RedeTV Ariquemes program "Plantão de Polícia" this Monday, the 31st, while commenting on a police operation that ended a clandestine party held during the pandemic, involving alcohol and minors.

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In a mocking tone, the presenter ridiculed online campaigns that use hashtags to draw attention to women's causes.

“The statement made irresponsibly and absurdly by the presenter Pica-Pau on a sensationalist program in Ariquemes, in the state of Rondônia, which ranks among the top in crimes against women, is shocking and revolting. Once again, girls and women, the main victims of domestic and social violence, are criminalized and blamed for the crimes that happen to them. The presenter mocked the hashtag 'mess with one, mess with all,' and said that it's no use for girls and their mothers to complain about violence if they wear makeup and short shorts. The audacity of the sensationalist presenter is appalling; besides being sexist, he does a real disservice to society,” criticized lawyer Carolina Zemuner, presenter of the feminist podcast PPKast.

With irony and no commitment to the truth, since he ignored statistical data to talk about the crime of rape, he blamed the victims for wearing clothes that were too short.

“There are some little girls, 13 and 14 years old, who put on makeup and dress in very conservative clothes…don’t they have denim shorts? They don’t wear the shorts, they wear the waistband of the shorts. They look like prostitutes, young women, and they go to these ‘places,’ these parties, get drunk, fall in the pool, die, or get drunk and get raped by a bunch of boys,” said Wilson.

A survey by the Brazilian Public Security Forum, conducted in partnership with UNICEF and released in 2021, revealed that approximately 100 children and adolescents up to the age of 14 are raped every day in Brazil.

Wilson Rodrigues' opinion that the clothing and behavior of children and adolescents can encourage rape is not supported by any study on the crime.

Contrary to what the presenter portrays as misinformation and incitement to crime, in most cases rape occurs in the victim's home and is committed by someone known to the victim. There is no association between the crime and clothing in the profile drawn of the girls who represent 86% of rape victims.

The mapping showed that 179.277 rapes occurred between 2017 and 2020, and that underreporting makes the scenario of sexual violence against minors even more serious.

According to Denise Campos, coordinator of the Center for the Defense of Children and Adolescents, it is necessary to contact the Public Prosecutor's Office to prohibit this type of speech, which only encourages the rapist to act.

“A person is never to blame for being a victim of any violence, quite the contrary. And when it comes to children and adolescents, who are in a unique developmental process and require protection, the responsibility always lies with the adult. No moral judgment should be made about a teenager using alcohol or drugs, as this is a sign that she needs help and protection,” warns Denise.

Feminist groups, women's rights groups, and children's and adolescents' rights groups are advocating for a boycott of the program's sponsors.

Following homophobic remarks, the same thing happened to the host of a similar national program, Sikêra Júnior, who suffered an intense demonetization campaign, lost dozens of sponsors, and caused losses to the broadcaster.

A petition denouncing the presenter's statements is already circulating online.

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