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An Open Letter to Brock Turner

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An Open Letter to Brock Turner
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Hello Brock,

You have no idea who I am, but I have heard plenty about you. Social media has plastered your face all over letting the world know of what you did to that poor woman. Countless people have expressed their hate for you, while on the flip side others have stuck up for you including your father who brushed the entire situation off as "20 minutes of pleasure." Other survivors of sexual assault are enraged and hurt as they see the repeated trend of no justice for them. You only had to sit in jail for three months instead of the six you were originally sentenced to and I join the voices of the angry because you deserve to rot away forever thinking about the damage you have done.

I don't know whether or not you will care about this statistic, but according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, over 90% of all campus sexual assault cases are not reported. You want to know why this probably is? This is probably because monsters like you get away with little to no punishment at all. The way the victims of sexual assault are treated is just another way of showing them that they do not matter. Rape culture in today's day and age is centered around making up excuses for the perpetrators instead of holding them accountable for their actions. The National Sexual Violence Resource Center also reports that rape is the most under-reported crime 63% of sexual assaults not being reported to the police. I wonder how you feel about the fact that you were caught in the act of committing the assault and still you get to move on with your life.

Sure you have to register on the sex offender list, but that will not be enough, you will walk around with a target on your back, but still walking free in the world, getting to experience life that you do not deserve. The only sliver of light that I can pull out of the entire situation is that California lawmakers have written up a new bill to add mandatory prison time to certain sexual assault cases. It's already passed through unanimously so in no time you will have a law that was inspired by your case. So congrats, you went from an All-American swimmer to all-around rapist.

Let me just repeat that for everyone who is brushing what you did off and standing up for you: She was an unconscious woman who did not ask for sex. That is called rape. R-A-P-E. So Brock I hope you don't enjoy your freedom, I hope you can barely sleep and are haunted for the rest of your life with the actions you committed.

Sincerely,

Another Person Who Hates You

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