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Re: Steubenville High School football players found guilty of raping 16-year-old girl
I hope everybody posting on this thread follows your link and reads what Rollins has to say.
A day or so I read a Yahoo article that I can no longer find that discussed about the "cost" of these convictions and which asked about the larger issue--the kids who didn't "get" that recording a backseat assault was wrong and who taped the football player slapping the unconscious girl's hip with his penis who testified that he thought rape had to be "forced."
She was lying naked and next to her own vomit and unconscious, so she wasn't being "forced." What?
The article's writer expressed the opinion that those who "colluded"--who gave tacit affirmation to what was going on--are a symptom of a larger problem.
It's not a new one; it's an old one: The objectification of women.
Here's a link to the first-hand account of a blogger/whistle-blower: I Am The Blogger Who Allegedly
And here's what she had to say in summary:
Today is one that is filled with many emotions: joy that Jane Doe is able to move on with her life now; sadness and compassion for all of the lives that were forever changed because of a night of bad decisions, and contempt for those who did nothing to stop this terrible chain of events. Because at the end of the day, the only agenda I have is simple.
Let's prevent another Jane Doe from happening ever again. Let's comfort the ones brave enough to stand up in the face of adversity. And let's encourage all the Jane Does too afraid to come forward to have renewed strength and courage in the wake of the Steubenville verdict.
What happened in Steubenville was appalling, and "the world" took temporary notice. So many lives changed forever. As the mother of a son, my heart was broken by convicted rapist Mays' sobbed, "My life is over."
No, it's not. It has been changed forever, and deservedly. But if "It takes a village" is true, then the "village" needs to be looking at itself. These boys--and that's what they are, boys--didn't arrive with the attitudes they brought to the parties, and neither did the girls.
Not that anyone should listen to him on the mere account of who he is... but Henry Rollins makes some good points in his response to these events.
Henry Rollins Comments On Steubenville Rape Verdict | Under the Gun Review
I hope everybody posting on this thread follows your link and reads what Rollins has to say.
A day or so I read a Yahoo article that I can no longer find that discussed about the "cost" of these convictions and which asked about the larger issue--the kids who didn't "get" that recording a backseat assault was wrong and who taped the football player slapping the unconscious girl's hip with his penis who testified that he thought rape had to be "forced."
She was lying naked and next to her own vomit and unconscious, so she wasn't being "forced." What?
The article's writer expressed the opinion that those who "colluded"--who gave tacit affirmation to what was going on--are a symptom of a larger problem.
It's not a new one; it's an old one: The objectification of women.
Here's a link to the first-hand account of a blogger/whistle-blower: I Am The Blogger Who Allegedly
And here's what she had to say in summary:
Today is one that is filled with many emotions: joy that Jane Doe is able to move on with her life now; sadness and compassion for all of the lives that were forever changed because of a night of bad decisions, and contempt for those who did nothing to stop this terrible chain of events. Because at the end of the day, the only agenda I have is simple.
Let's prevent another Jane Doe from happening ever again. Let's comfort the ones brave enough to stand up in the face of adversity. And let's encourage all the Jane Does too afraid to come forward to have renewed strength and courage in the wake of the Steubenville verdict.
What happened in Steubenville was appalling, and "the world" took temporary notice. So many lives changed forever. As the mother of a son, my heart was broken by convicted rapist Mays' sobbed, "My life is over."
No, it's not. It has been changed forever, and deservedly. But if "It takes a village" is true, then the "village" needs to be looking at itself. These boys--and that's what they are, boys--didn't arrive with the attitudes they brought to the parties, and neither did the girls.