The Lonious Monk;5599028 said:
Skyler White;5599019 said:
^^I agree, but there's a pervasive culture of misogyny in America that is present in every one of these cases.
These young men think it's okay to abuse women and somehow, some way everyone always finds a way to blame the victim.
I hope the girl learned her lesson about getting sloppy drunk but Christ, she's a kid. I'm sure the majority of us have gotten fucked up beyond belief before we learned how to drink responsibly. I know I have (twice, and now I only drink wine) and I was blessed to be with some cool ass friends that looked out for me on one occasion. The other time I was in my own apartment.
Should we blame her for making a common mistake that most of us have made before? NO! She's doing what kids do.
We're overlooking the fact that these kids RAPED and EXPLOITED a girl that was clearly not in control.
One of the guys dated her in the past and plotted with her former friends and his equally twisted fucked up friends to have her raped.
Their acts were premeditated and conscious.
If any one deserves to shoulder the blame, its them, not her.
I do agree that the culture of misogyny is America is messed up, but hate the complaint about blaming the victim. I'm sorry but you can't present yourself like you're a piece of meat and then get mad when you're treated like a piece of meat. That shit doesn't make sense.
And yes, we do blame her for making a common mistake. I don't know why people have this perception that because other people do dumb shit and get away with it, it's ok for everyone to dumb shit with the expectation of getting away with it.
The guys raped her and are getting punished for it. That's justice and right. At the same time, we shouldn't be looking at her like some faultless victim who was just snatched of the street and rapped out of nowhere.
A piece of meat? The girl was FULLY dressed. Are you forgetting that TWO boys took her clothes off while she was too drunk to resist?
So by having too much to drink, she presented herself as a piece of meat? The only type of people who would see a drunk, helpless woman as a "piece of meat" is a rapist. Plain and simple. No man of sound mind and moral fidelity would see a woman that cant consent to sex as a "piece of meat." Especially a woman that has to be carried by hand and foot.
Are you saying that only rape victims that are "snatched off the street and raped out of nowhere" are the only fautless victims? What about victims of child molestation? They arent always snatched off of the street, usually they're familiar with the perp and the perp uses their impaired judgement as an opportunity to take advantage of them...just like the boys in this case did.
I don't know if you have kids but I hope you teach your daughters/sons about safe alcohol consumption. Most parents don't teach their kids how to drink responsibly and it leads to shit like this in late teens/young adulthood. This girl was a 17 year old. She didn't know her limits and she didn't have a group of friends to protect her AND she had a group of boys and fake friends plotting to rape her.
I think we put too much energy into blaming the victim instead of training young men that drunk, incapacitated women are not fair game. But I dont think it mattered because these boys were full fledged rapists. They planned the attack on this girl prior to the party.