"Except, when's the last time Margaret Wente, or heck, any other writer, penned an article about how mugging victims ought not to have been drinking or wearing fancy designer clothes?"

When was the last time students had protests and riots over 'mugging culture' in our society? Mugging saw legislation passed to specifically grant victims of mugging special protections that victims of other violent crimes do not receive? Mugging saw report after report after report about mugging specifically in our government reporting structure? Mugging saw disproportionate fear levels, with over half of all women saying they are afraid of mugging, or afraid of men specifically because they mug people?

We're in a fully blown rape panic, and have been for half a decade or more. Are you really surprised that writers trying to bring some common sense into play aren't targeting mugging? Come on ...