Content warning: This article discusses sexual assault, rape culture, and violence.
This is an introduction to rape trauma syndrome and the persistent rape culture of “Boys will be boys,” As a woman, don’t put yourself in any situation,” “What was she wearing?” “Did you ask for it?” “Why were you there?” “Did you say yes?” “Let them do it,” “It’ll pass, be quiet, don’t talk about it, kill yourself, you’re being negative.” The justice system is for rape culture and the perpetrators who deem it so. Rape culture is a mental illness because the perpetrators do not believe they have done anything wrong, which is taught behavior imbedded from hate of women.
Lured into the woods, Little Bo-Peep struggled to find her sheep. Innocence demolished, where does Little Bo-Peep seek restitution? Here, sheep.
Chelsea Perkins killed her rapist. Instead of someone investigating it properly, he was free, and she couldn’t heal. No matter what the complaint is, cops can be lazy to investigate, but will victim blame quickly. Chelsea’s headlines call her a variety of demeaning phrases and offer no supportive efforts for her case.
Little Bo-Peep Vanessa Guillen never received her flight to demonstrate the importance of women in the military. Instead, she stared her killers in the eyes as she faded away. In 1985, Suzanne Marie Collins, a United States lance corporal, was raped, tortured, murdered and kidnapped from a base. The individual accused insisted he was innocent, but we don’t know whether it was true or not because the request for DNA testing was denied. There is so much to the stories of the individuals involved and the victims or survivors; however, Little Bo-Peep is persecuted for her actions.
The U.S. Department of Justice has articles on rape history and laws but that only applies to civilians. There haven’t been harsh punishments for government officials, especially for stalking and harassment. In other foreign countries, there are harsh laws, though maybe just for civilians.
According to a Business Standard article, the punishment can be a death sentence in many countries, like India, Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran. India, Japan, Israel, France, and the U.S. may sentence rapists to life in prison, or to 10-15 years depending on the crime. Russia and Norway generally give out 3-20 years.
There’s also a debate in Italy regarding chemical castration, as many in the parliament suggest it’s corporal punishment. It’s inhumane, but so are the rapes of women, children and men who rarely report their sexual assaults. So, what is the right and wrong of this matter? Many nonprofits also condone rape culture, especially when they’ve supposedly advocated for the homeless communities or others who are survivors of political demise.
Accountability would suggest that rape is and should be considered a mental illness and labeled in the mental health industry. I know it’s far-sighted that the acceptance of sexual violence committed by supposedly powerful people would be debated or convicted. Stalking, cyber, or other forms, harassment, and gang stalking lead to the opposition of orchestrated sexual violence and murder.
Switzerland’s National Council recognized in law that ‘sex against the will of another person’ is rape. Cyrielle Huguenot, Amnesty International’s Head of Women’s Rights in Switzerland, said in a statement on the organization’s website the law “marks the end to the outdated definition of rape that required the use of physical force, threat or coercion, and considered only women as victims. The law now recognizes that all sex without consent is rape.”
“Although the new law will help to shift attitudes, more is needed to effect institutional and social change. Parliament must now act to ensure that training and awareness-raising for police and prosecution authorities, and assistance to survivors strengthened. Consent must also be placed at the centre of sex education, detailed public statistics on sexual violence must be made available, and effective information and prevention campaigns must be launched.”
Even though there are laws in the military against sexual violence, there’s an inability to address the matter, enabled by turning a blind eye and saying terms like “suck it up.” Taking control by force is a dominant position of mentally unstable behavior that no political party can or will admit to. When will men hold each other accountable for the male inability to control the population of women? The hate against women is undeniably disturbing, and no discussions of mentally unstable perpetrators will suffice for their consequential actions.
