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A rape victim has said a judge who warned that drunk women were putting themselves in danger was "right", saying it is "hard not to blame yourself in that situation".
Megan Clark, 19, was raped by a man she met in a Burger King restaurant after a night out in Manchester in July last year.
The trial caused controversy after the judge, Lindsey Kushner, said that the drunken behaviour of some women was putting them at risk.
Miss Clark's attacker, Ricardo Rodrigues-Fortes-Gomes, 19, was found guilty at Manchester Crown Court of two counts of rape last month.
The court saw how he ignored Miss Clark's screams while he attacked her in video footage of the attack played to the court.
But, waiving her right to anonymity, Miss Clark said the judge's comments had been taken out of context and her advice to women to "be careful" was "good advice".
She told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme she took the judge's comments in "a positive way", adding that she did not believe she was "victim-blaming".
Miss Clark added that the judge had been right in the fact that a drunk woman was less likely to be believed than a sober one. "It's not the way it should be but that's the harsh reality. It probably wouldn't have gone anywhere," she said.
The teenager had been drinking alcohol before the attack and had inhaled the party drug amyl nitrite, the court heard.
Summing up in the trial, her final one before retiring, Judge Kushner said that "as a woman judge" she felt she must warn women to protect themselves from predatory rapists who "gravitate" towards drunk women.
The judge said while women were entitled "to drink themselves into the ground", she warned their "disinhibited behaviour" could put them in danger.
Women's rights activists branded her comments "outrageous" and "misguided".
But Miss Clark said "she was absolutely right in what she said but it was taken out of context. She put the blame massively on rapists, not the victims.
"She just simply said to be careful basically, which is smart advice. She wasn't at all victim blaming."
However Miss Clark revealed that at first she had blamed herself for the assault.
"I know it's not my fault but it's hard not to blame yourself in that situation," she told the BBC.
She added: "I think the judge was using my case, it was her last one, and she wanted to make a point."
However, she added that she felt some people blamed her for the attack.
"There is definitely still a stigma. Victim-blaming is such a big thing," she said.
"People blamed my behaviour. That's why people don't talk about [rape]."
Miss Clark's added her own experiences of a "horrific" trial had left her disappointed with the legal system and made her understand why some victims do not want to report rape or endure a trial.