No, you brought rape into it when you used a term that is inextricably tied up in rape cases - the absolute first thing that jumps into anyone's mind when someone says "victim blame" is sexual assault. It's basic word association. More specifically, the "she had a short skirt on so she was asking for it" type of victim blaming. That's what it evokes. The reason to use that phrase in a different context is to profit off of that association by trying to incur sympathy despite not being in remotely the same position as a rape victim.
Which, again, I don't usually point out when people do this, but then you took it further with actual, overt analogies to sexual assault and "Me Too", so I reiterate: stop it. Don't do that. Bad.
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