I
currently live in a country where women aren’t believed when they say they were
raped. Everything from their clothing to
their life choices come into question and everyone tries to find a reason why
it was her fault. Why it was just a bad
choice and not actually rape.
Recently, a man was convicted of rape and given a sentence of 6 months in
jail. Let me say that again. A man forced himself on an unconscious woman
behind a dirty dumpster and was given a sentence of 6 months in jail. Are you disgusted? I am.
What the fuck.
Do you know why he was even convicted in the first place? Not because anyone believed that the woman
didn’t consent, are you kidding? Who the
fuck would believe that? It was because
two other men, heroes really, happened to be passing by and noticed something
was very wrong. Are you hearing me? He was convicted because he was caught IN THE
ACT. There is no question what was going
on. Those two men saw her unconscious,
they saw that animal RAPING her, and when that animal tried to flee like the
fucking coward that he is, they chased him and waited for him to be
arrested. Which he was, believe you me,
he was arrested and charged and tried because thankfully someone saw this
happening. Do you know what would have
happened had they not been riding their bikes that night? He would have raped her and left her there
like garbage. He would have gone home
and not thought any more about it. He would never, ever second guess what
happened. In his mind, he drank too much
and hooked up with a girl. That is
exactly what he thinks happened. He
thinks he drank too much and made some bad choices. I am seeing red just typing these disgusting
words.
He is a rapist. No matter how he tries
to change it or minimize it, he is a rapist and he deserves to be
punished. He needs to understand what he
did and why it has nothing to do with alcohol, his or hers. There is no gray area here, unconscious people
can’t give consent. Again, for the
idiots in the back, UNCONCIUOUS PEOPLE CAN’T GIVE CONSENT.
I can’t believe this is still a topic of discussion. Stop blaming the victim, stop excusing
rapists because it was their first rape (maybe first reported rape?)/they are
rich/they are an athlete/they are white/they go to your alma mater, and maybe pretend
to actually care when someone says they’ve been hurt.
Also, to anyone trying to excuse this piece of shit: FUCK YOU.
