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Another Post on how women are treated, rape or not…

My internal monologue was interrupted by the defense attorney taking the floor. He pointed out his client from the photos lining the wall, and calmly explained how his client was present in the apartment, but left before the attack began. He built his case, explaining that his client was generally a good kid, but outnumbered, and that his client opted to leave the area instead of participate in any wrongdoing. He then turned to the jury and said:

You will also hear that —– wasn’t such a good girl after all. You will hear that she skipped school. You will hear that she smoked marijuana. You will hear that she willingly skipped school to go smoke marijuana with two boys she had just met.

My mouth fell open out of shock. There wasn’t even a question of consent in this case – the damage to the girl’s face attested to that. And yet, here was this defense attorney trying to assassinate the victim’s character. For what? Why was what she was doing that day even relevant in the context of what she experienced?

Original Essay: The Not Rape Epidemic at Racialicious – the intersection of race and pop culture.

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It’s amazing essay on all the Not-Rape that has happened to this woman and her friends. It echos my stories and my friends, stories of touching, and exposure, and manipulations for sexual favors.  All the ways in which a female is sexually abused and it is considered ok.