From time to time, we come across stories of sexual assault either through the news or a tv show. At first, there may be some people who are interested in the story but feel disturbed by it; however, there may also be people who simply don 't care just because it did not happen to them or it doesn’t affect directly. In addition, some people may either feel sympathy for the victim, or others may insinuate that the whole action was there fault. However, imagine how the victim feels after this degrading and traumatizing event. They may feel disgusted, shocked,and upset. Now they must live with these feelings just because of someone else 's actions towards them. Now all of a sudden their life isn’t the same, and it has changed. Although, they can
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Turner was one of the most controversial case in the public and is an example of injustice towards a victim of sexual assault. According to CNN, it all began at a college party at the Kappa Alpha fraternity house at Stanford University, California. During the party ,Stanford University swimmer, Brock Allen Turner, a 20 year old from Ohio was trying to flirt with a girl, yet she had no intentions of being with him. Once the girl, a 23 year old from Palo Alto became intoxicated, Turner took her to a dumpster and sexually assaulted the victim. The crime was discovered by two bystanders who immediately called the police and detained the victim. In addition, according to CNN, the case was indeed taken to trial, and Turner was accused of “assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated or unconscious person, penetration of an intoxicated person and penetration of an unconscious person” and was guilty of all three. However, Turner received a lenient sentence of 6 months in jail, 3 years of probation, was registered as a sex offender, and was banned from swimming by Santa Clara County Judge, Aaron Persky. Although, later on Turner was released 3 months early from jail. Overall, the case caused controversy because of the lenient sentence by the judge and it cause protests against the judge and assaulter. Although, one may not automatically think, but this story could relate to stereotypes about intoxicated women. Since, the victim of the Stanford case was intoxicated, and obviously her case was not taken seriously. The most heart felt part of the whole case was the victim’s testimony regarding the actual assault. She told of what had happen before the party and her feelings afterwards in the testimony. Even stating that she had not known of what had happened to her, until she saw a news report. However, the most
Turner was one of the most controversial case in the public and is an example of injustice towards a victim of sexual assault. According to CNN, it all began at a college party at the Kappa Alpha fraternity house at Stanford University, California. During the party ,Stanford University swimmer, Brock Allen Turner, a 20 year old from Ohio was trying to flirt with a girl, yet she had no intentions of being with him. Once the girl, a 23 year old from Palo Alto became intoxicated, Turner took her to a dumpster and sexually assaulted the victim. The crime was discovered by two bystanders who immediately called the police and detained the victim. In addition, according to CNN, the case was indeed taken to trial, and Turner was accused of “assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated or unconscious person, penetration of an intoxicated person and penetration of an unconscious person” and was guilty of all three. However, Turner received a lenient sentence of 6 months in jail, 3 years of probation, was registered as a sex offender, and was banned from swimming by Santa Clara County Judge, Aaron Persky. Although, later on Turner was released 3 months early from jail. Overall, the case caused controversy because of the lenient sentence by the judge and it cause protests against the judge and assaulter. Although, one may not automatically think, but this story could relate to stereotypes about intoxicated women. Since, the victim of the Stanford case was intoxicated, and obviously her case was not taken seriously. The most heart felt part of the whole case was the victim’s testimony regarding the actual assault. She told of what had happen before the party and her feelings afterwards in the testimony. Even stating that she had not known of what had happened to her, until she saw a news report. However, the most