2 of the Rape Cases

With respect to the Richmond case, there is no way to avoid the fact that a crime was committed. However, with respects to where the blame should be placed, it is absolutely absurd that people would even begin to think to blame the girl that was the victim due to the fact that she had been consuming alcohol. Yes, this is illegal and yes, her consuming alcohol would grant her some sort of punishment with authorities. But there is no way one can deem it fair that she got what she deserved and the situation was her fault simply due to her consumption of alcohol. I find it twisted that people would even attempt to use facts in order to reassign the blame of a situation. In the Greg Haidl case, even though I personally feel that this case could be looked at in two ways. Even though the girl had consented to sex prior with these boys, that does not mean that the rape was justified. WHen it comes to cases of rape, people must be very objective and examine the facts as cases such as these where the rapist is a previous sexual partner can get very messy and obscure. We must know where to draw the line so rapes don't become casual and things that are not rape start to be considered rape.