Education ministry disavows school book blaming rapes on victims

A textbook teaching women how avoid “provoking” men has sparked a backlash in Russia

The Russian Education Ministry has distanced itself from a controversial textbook that tells teenage girls that sexual assault often occurs because women are sending men wrong “signals” and dress “provocatively.”

The ministry released a statement on Friday, saying that the textbook is not on the government-curanted list of learning materials and “cannot...