Stacey Dash Apologizes for Victim-Blaming Rape Comments

Stacey Dash has apologized for her first comments on sexual assault victims, which incurred the ire of a lot of people.

According to Latina Entertainment, the Fox News contributor and actress apologized and clarified her previous statement on "Outnumbered".

In a Facebook post on her official account, the "Clueless" actress said, "After a failed attempt at humor about 'good girls' and 'naughty girls,' during my recent appearance on 'Outnumbered,' I transitioned to the very serious issue of men blaming alcohol for their vile behavior."

She continued, "LET ME BE CLEAR: I am a victim of physical and sexual abuse. My point was that there IS NO EXCUSE for a man taking advantage of women under any circumstances. I believe that these universities focusing on alcohol consumption as a means to stop evil behavior takes the focus off the real issue of the objectification of women and how that can be prevented. I apologize to anyone who believed I was blaming the victims of these horrible acts."

Dash initially explained her opinion about University of Virginia's decision to order sorority members to avoid frat parties as a precaution against rape. During the show, Dash said, as quoted by the Huffington Post, "I just think it's ridiculous, and I think it's a good thing for the good girls -- women, ok, sorry -- to be told, 'Stay home. Be safe.' The other bad girls -- bad women -- or the ones who like to be naughty might go out and play and get hurt."

"But the other thing about this is," she then said, "it then blames the alcohol instead of the person who overdrinks, so you know, 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," Dash added.

Huffington Post further reported about the ban, which was instituted by 16 sorority leaders in order to prohibit members of the UVA chapters from attending "Boys' Bid Night" fraternity parties, which will be held on Saturday. Threats of sanctions will be implemented if the members disobeyed.

The ban "triggered pushback from sorority members who argued that the ban encroached upon their right to act as autonomous agents," Huffington Post wrote, and that the prohibition was also criticized for how it comes close to "antiquated university policies," which involves "gender-based curfews and residential-housing restrictions."

Meanwhile, a peition on Change.org, titled, "Revoke UVa Boys' Bid Night Mandate," already has 2,000 supporters.