Scandal or Sex Crime?

      The first thing I noticed is how ironic this article is solely because of the fact that the writer, Scott Mendelson, is addressing the issue of sex crimes against women in his article, while in his head shot he has the expression of a guy that looks like he's about to rape somebody. That being said, after reading this article I can tell that this guy is far from a rapist.
      Within the past couple of days multiple celebrities phones were hacked and nude pictures of them were published. This wasn't in the article but it was referred to by many as "the fappening". Many of the news sources covered the story calling this a "scandal" rather than a crime. This must have pissed Scott (or his girlfriend) off, because he wrote quite a heated response to the organizations calling it a "scandal". His argument is that it wasn't a scandal but rather crimes against the women in which the women should not be shamed but rather consoled. He points out that it is their right to have nude pictures of themselves on their phone and not have to worry about them being stolen.
      Scott's argument holds a large amount of weight, but am I surprised about his point of view? Did he catch anybody off guard with this "off the wall" idea that it's not the women's fault that the pictures got out? The answer is no, journalists have been writing about this issue for years. Don't take me as a woman hater because I'm not, I agree with this belief just as much as any feminist out there. The main question for me is: is Scott giving himself credit for this philosophy? All one has to do is Google "sex crimes are never the woman's fault", and pages upon pages of articles will come up on the issue. The media publicizing about the issue isn't doing the victims any favors, because when you get the word out nationally about something like that, viewership is going to spread like a wildfire. Had the media simply left it alone and let the authorities take care of removing the pictures before "the fappening" became a national phenomena, the identities of these celebrities might be more intact then they are now. Even when the publicity is about how it's not their fault.
      I agree with Scott in that the women should not be held accountable in any way for this incident, but i disagree with where the blame lies. Two parties can be held accountable for the damaged reputations of the women: first, the actual criminal; and second, people like Scott Mendelson that publicize the issue; even if they're supposedly on the women's side. I'm just saying, if nudes of me ever get leaked, please don't let the world know about it, Scott.