“what was she doing there”, or “she has been asking for it” or worst still “don’t mind her, the guy didn’t give her the money she was expecting”.
When I view comments like that, it really gets me mad, because how would such a person react, if a loved one was a victim of rape? Would they take up torches and pitch forks and burn down the town looking for the rapist?
Almost on a daily basis, we read stories and see images, and even videos, most of which are too disgusting to view, and yet some individuals still claim these stories are false? How do you think victims of this sordid
act would feel after reading such comments, it could be compared to being raped all over again.
How would you feel if you have someone standing over you, or behind you for that matter, forcing their way into you, ignoring your pleas for help, and then when you summon up enough courage and come forward with your story, someone now simply says, you are either telling lies, or you were asking for it.
A while ago, a rape video went viral, students raping a lady, and taping it, they laughed as she begged, a lot tweeted about it, a lot re posted it, a lot downloaded it, we all screamed blue murder, and yet it died down, and we moved on, another popped up, the same noise followed, and it died down, sordid images of women being raped and murdered, we make the same noise and move on, some people even have the guts to leave such images and videos on their timelines, where is the sense in that?
How would you feel if that were the image of your sister, girlfriend, or friend, or even someone you know.
