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I think part of it is also the fact that the justice system - from the police to the courts - is so appallingly shit at taking rape seriously and prosecuting it successfully.
So, to go back to your original example of the advice to lock your doors when you go out or you might get burgled. Imagine you lived in a society where burglary was rife and no fucker - from the police to the courts - did anything about it. All you got was bombarded with messages to lock your doors, and god did you really think it was a good idea to go on holiday without putting a timer on your lights, and maybe you were asking for it anyway with only that flimsy yale lock on? You'd be pretty fucked off at the general tone of the conversation.
Basically, we live in a culture where a shit ton of guys think it's ok to rape (or don't even really know what rape is or what consent consists of), and instead of tackling that problem society spends its time telling women to modify their behaviour because that's the much easier option. And because of patriarchy, obvs.