4 rape cases

I am going to go through the four rape cases we discussed last week in section and give my personal opinions on all of them. The first one, the one from Richmond just flat out disgusts me. The fact that this could happen and be observed by so many people and no one made an attempt to stop it is outrageous. I agree with the media that the school is to blame, but there are more people at fault than just the school system. Even though Richmond is a low socio-economic place, that is no excuse for the conduct of their behavior. No matter how poor of a place a person is from, they are still expected to have values and I believe that all these kids had none. I would expect for someone to do something to stop this scene and I think that this speaks poorly of humans in general. The second case I want to talk about is the one with the 13 year old girl who was drugged and then taken advantage of. The thing that I find most striking about this is that Whoopie Goldberg stated this was "not rape rape." What the fuck!? He drugged her and then had sex with her. Yes, it wasn't the stereotypical rape myth of a man jumping out from the bushes, but in my opinion this is about as "rape rape" as it gets. The fact that people were arguing that it was less of an offense because she was not a virgin was also disturbing to me because that has no significance to whather it was a rape or not. Lets look at the facts, a 40(ish) yearold man drugs a 13 year old girl and has sex with her. Rape, lock him up. The third case I want to talk about is the 3 boys from Orange County and the girl. I believe that this one is rape and the boys should be punished for it, but not to the extent that the defendants in the previous two cases should be charged. I think this case is interesting because there are so many people at fault. I think the defendents are at fault, as well as the victim, as well as the defendants parents, and even the the victims parents. When it comes to Kobe, I don't even know what to think. I am a huge lakers fan so I choose to believe that he is innocent because I don't want to root for a rapist. Also the victim does not seem credible at all. That case is so confusing, and when it comes down to it I have watched countless interviews with Kobe and see the way he interacts with his wife and kids, that I just can't see him doing it.