It’s all our fault, ladies. Just what, you ask? Well, after the past few weeks, let’s err on the safe side and say: just about everything.

You see, it seems we really should know better. We’re bad mothers. We’re leading innocent men astray. We’re still asking for it, yet have the temerity to cry sexism over the repercussions. It seems we have a long way to go, my femme friends. Shame on us.

Yep, it’s 2014 and somehow we are still getting it all wrong. Where to start? It’s not easy with so many recent examples of choose from.

I know, let’s begin with Victorian Attorney-General Robert Clark’s proposal to jail women who don’t disclose a case of child sex abuse. Clark is talking in the main about the one in three women in this country who’ve experienced physical or sexual violence, the 70 women a year who die at the hands of their partner. Women trapped in emotionally, physically and sexually abusive relationships, terrified for their lives and those of their children should they escape – if there is a haven to flee to, that is.

Let’s get it straight here: a woman can be jailed for up to three years because her partner abuses their kids. Call me cynical, but isn’t this a case of blaming the victim? Again? Have we forgotten that no woman can predict if or when a father will hurt his kids? And, if they suspect he might, can they trust the police and courts to stop him seeking revenge?