A 16 year old from a wealthy family got himself drunk and then ploughed his car into the back of a stalled SUV, killing four people. His lawyer argued that he didn't know any better because he suffered from "affluenza". The jail sentence was two years.
A 20 year old university student was caught in the act of raping an unconscious woman, but only received a six month sentence because he was on the swim team.
Do we all see a pattern here?
All these so-called sentences scream "Rape/killing is okay if you are a heterosexual rich male athlete. There are people looking out for you. There are people who want you to succeed in life. You didn't rape a girl, that was '20 minutes of action'."
Hey, remember O.J. Simpson? That was the same story.
There's a lot of fear out there, but sadly it has been directed to the wrong places. There are laws made in fear of a remote possibility that transgender people might go into bathrooms to commit sexual assault. But men who ACTUALLY commit sexual assault don't get adequately punished. Instead the victims are blamed and shamed, which is why so many sexual crimes go unreported because women know they most likely won't be believed.
There's something extremely wrong with this. Far too many brutalized women struggle with depression, anxiety, and the stigma of what happened to them. Some even end up killing themselves while their abusers are given a slap on the wrist. Women need to be taken seriously and given the justice they deserve. Not the "justice" reserved for the rich or athletic.
For more insight, have a look at Mr. Matt Lang's Facebook post on the subject:
Here is the problem: Some guys are entitled pricks.
Very true.
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