Imagine a girl named Stephanie and her friend, Jennifer, going to a concert. Jennifer bought her the tickets for her favorite band, which Stephanie has no plans to miss. However, Jennifer also took her boyfriend, Cesar, to the concert. In turn, Cesar invited his friend Eric to go as well. During the concert, they all started drinking with the exception of Stephanie who does not drink. Despite her sobriety, she was influenced and pressured by the others to have a few drinks. The following day she woke up not knowing what had happened the night before. Stephanie woke up undressed, fatigued, and terrified of not knowing where she was. Stephanie had just experienced rape the night before. Later that afternoon at work, Jennifer tells her that she
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It is an epidemic of sorts that must be stop in order to preserve the humanness of young girls. Young girls are perceived more in society as commodities than the actual beings they are. Slut-shaming is a mean act that does not only degrade young but also their families and loved ones. It is also an act that can cause severe consequences such as death. Rehtaeh Parsons and Audrie Pott are two examples of the extreme consequences that slut-shaming causes. Parsons committed suicide at the age of seventeen after she told her mother she was raped by several boys. Her classmates also found out about the incident and instead of supporting her they called her a slut. She later killed herself while the boys that raped her are still free of any charges. In 2012, Audrie Pott of California killed herself as well after being sexually assaulted by three boys at a party. Several photos were taken of the incident but one photo in particular eventually circulated around her school. Alike Parsons, Pott killed herself at the young age of fifteen. It is important to recognize that suicide is a form of abuse that slut shaming brings to victims of the behavior. These examples illustrate the severity of slut-shaming as not only a mean, degrading act but also one with fatal
It is an epidemic of sorts that must be stop in order to preserve the humanness of young girls. Young girls are perceived more in society as commodities than the actual beings they are. Slut-shaming is a mean act that does not only degrade young but also their families and loved ones. It is also an act that can cause severe consequences such as death. Rehtaeh Parsons and Audrie Pott are two examples of the extreme consequences that slut-shaming causes. Parsons committed suicide at the age of seventeen after she told her mother she was raped by several boys. Her classmates also found out about the incident and instead of supporting her they called her a slut. She later killed herself while the boys that raped her are still free of any charges. In 2012, Audrie Pott of California killed herself as well after being sexually assaulted by three boys at a party. Several photos were taken of the incident but one photo in particular eventually circulated around her school. Alike Parsons, Pott killed herself at the young age of fifteen. It is important to recognize that suicide is a form of abuse that slut shaming brings to victims of the behavior. These examples illustrate the severity of slut-shaming as not only a mean, degrading act but also one with fatal