Sadly, Chances are you've experienced rape culture or maybe even took part in it inadvertently but it needs to stop. Questioning of media accounts of dubious rape culture are being brought up due to an old Rolling Stones magazine that reported saying the girl that was raped in a horrendous gang rape was at fault. Clearly, this is absolutely ludicrous. How can anyone even try to state that the rape victim was the one at fault? And I'm sure you've all heard the words (usually from a jealous onlooker) "She was asking for it," or "well she was dressed like that to attract attention." This is wrong. Girls are more than a sexual accessory for men and quite frankly it's quite vain for a man to even think a certain girl dressed that way just for him. In this incident at the University of Virginia, Rolling Stone wrote an original article (later taken down) that labeled the victim as the problem. She was obviously not the one at fault. The sinister and absolutely disgusting men that raped her were at fault. These boys' actions ruined the victim's life. She will never be the same because of the emotional turmoil and depression she has faced after this incident. And Rolling Stone had the audacity to label her as the problem? Consent is absolutely necessary in anything pertaining to sex. Stop labeling girls as "attention seekers" and making them seem like the problem. We need to stop blaming the girls or boys who were victims of rape for something they would have never wanted. It's terrible right? So make it a personal goal today and tomorrow (and everyday after that) to stop joking about rape or making crude and unnecessary comments about people that have experienced it.
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