This is possibly TRIGGERING.
I know I'm usually all about fun and sex and corsets and photos, but today I really need to be serious about current events.
The whole thing in Steubenville has been really tough on me. It's been triggering and the news has continued to perpetuate rape culture by sympathizing with the boys who raped an unconscious girl at a party. I'm not going to argue with anyone on this because it shouldn't be an argument. If you don't want to be know as "So-in-so, the rapist" DON'T RAPE. If she CAN'T give consent, then there is no consent. I would know.
Now one of the boys' lawyers is saying that 16 year old brains aren't fully developed enough to know that rape is wrong....ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!?!?!
Anyway, with all of this there is some good. A teacher was able to teach her 9th graders to NOT rape.
It's a great blog entry. I cried. You know what would be better? If PARENTS taught their children this.
It has taken me YEARS (almost 10) to be able to tell myself that it wasn't my fault. I'm glad her story was brought to light and the boys prosecuted, and I'm glad that the two girls who bullied her online were punished. Victim blaming is NOT okay.
Alright, I'm done ranting. Next blog will be back to our regularly scheduled fun.
I know I'm usually all about fun and sex and corsets and photos, but today I really need to be serious about current events.
The whole thing in Steubenville has been really tough on me. It's been triggering and the news has continued to perpetuate rape culture by sympathizing with the boys who raped an unconscious girl at a party. I'm not going to argue with anyone on this because it shouldn't be an argument. If you don't want to be know as "So-in-so, the rapist" DON'T RAPE. If she CAN'T give consent, then there is no consent. I would know.
Now one of the boys' lawyers is saying that 16 year old brains aren't fully developed enough to know that rape is wrong....ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!?!?!
Anyway, with all of this there is some good. A teacher was able to teach her 9th graders to NOT rape.
It's a great blog entry. I cried. You know what would be better? If PARENTS taught their children this.
It has taken me YEARS (almost 10) to be able to tell myself that it wasn't my fault. I'm glad her story was brought to light and the boys prosecuted, and I'm glad that the two girls who bullied her online were punished. Victim blaming is NOT okay.
Alright, I'm done ranting. Next blog will be back to our regularly scheduled fun.