Friday, September 9, 2016
I'm the expert??
I think for this blog I will write about my stance on rape. I know a lot of people who are deeply affected by rape and sexual assault. I would like to bring up Brock Turner's case. When the whole controversy with his case started, I read a lot; and I mean A LOT, of articles on the case. I even attempted to track down the court transcript. I want to make this as clear as possible. RAPE IS RAPE. THERE IS NO IN BETWEEN. IT IS NEVER THE VICTIM'S FAULT. A MAN DOES NOT RAPE A WOMAN BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE IS WEARING OR THE FACT THAT SHE IS TOO DRUNK TO SAY NO. HE RAPES HER BECAUSE HE WANTS TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF SOMETHING THAT IS NOT HIS TO TAKE. Rape also happens to men. It is not a gender specific action. I think that if someone says they were raped by a certain person, believe them because trauma like that is very serious and is usually not lied about. Does a dead man need to prove that he's dead in court? No? Then why force a rape victim to relive that death over and over again? IT IS WRONG. EVERYTHING ABOUT RAPE IS WRONG. I cannot stress that enough. There is a tumblr photo that I really appreciate. It is a photo of a PSA in a magazine. It's a fairly dark picture but it is clearly a lady lying on a bed. It is two pages and they are glued together. When you pull them apart there is a statement at the bottom that says, "If you have to use force, it is rape no matter what."
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