Almost one in two students in Northern Ireland believes women who flirt have only themselves to blame if they end up being raped, according to new research by Amnesty International.
Amnesty said the attitudes of the students polled were disturbing.
In the study carried out by the human rights body, 46% of the young people interviewed said rape victims who flirted with their attacker were partially, or totally responsible for what happened to them.
Nearly a third of those polled also said women who wear revealing clothing are effectively inviting rapists to target them.
These figures are significantly higher than the findings of a similar UK-wide study.
Amnesty's Belfast Director Patrick Corrigan said the survey showed there were some extremely disturbing attitudes swirling around our university campuses.
Amnesty has launched an awareness campaign in student unions and urged university heads to do more to tackle the problem of violence against women.
