Violence Against Women

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Steubenville, Ohio is a town that was put on the map because of very publicized rape case. On August 11, 2012 a high school girl was repeatedly raped by her peers while incapacitated by alcohol; the whole ordeal was documented by other students via video cameras on phones and twitter. She was raped by two of her classmates, Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond. (Valenti) She was seen leaving the party she was at with four football player. During the car ride to one of the football player’s house the victim’s shirt was removed, revealing her breasts, and Mays’ used his fingers to penetrate her vagina, also called digital penetration. (Oppel, Jr.) She was photographed during this. Once at the house, she was drug to the basement where Richmond then tried to orally penetrate her and then digitally penetrated her vagina. She was photographed again during this. (Oppel, Jr.)
In one photograph that was uploaded to Instagram, it showed the victim being carried by her ankles and wrists while obviously unconscious. (Abad-Santos) Michael Nodianos, former baseball player of Steubenville High School, tweeted in response that “Some people deserve to be peed on.” A twelve-minute video was then posted to YouTube showing Nodianos and other students laughing and joking about this girl’s abuse. At one point, Nodianos states that, "They peed on her. That's how you know she's dead, because someone pissed on her” and that "They raped her quicker than Mike Tyson raped that one girl.” The victim’s inebriated state was commented on more than once and Nodianos claimed that she was basically “like a dead body” and that she was “deader [sic] than Caylee Anthony.” (Nodianos) He even texted a classmate a picture of the victim in the basement with semen on h...

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... To make sure that rape and sexual assault survivors get the proper treatment they deserve, we need to first make for sure that this doesn’t happen to anyone else. Preventative measures need to be taken. Educate the public on what rape is and why it cannot be tolerated. When rape or sexual assault does happen, the professionals dealing with it should have specific training so the victim feels comfortable and willing to report what has happened and seek medical attention. Most importantly, we need to stop letting rapists get off with lenient sentences, if they’re even convicted at all. What does this say about how we view women as a society? Our abuse is treated like a joke. Our abusers are sympathized with and we are demonized. Women are taught to be ashamed of the abuse – to hide it. Women are mocked and judged for being victims. This can no longer be tolerated.

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