"What were you wearing? Did you lead him on? Have you hooked up with him before? Did you have one night stands? How many men have you slept with?" These are not the words you say to a rape survivor, to someone pleading for her voice to be heard in a time where her life feels like it's over.

This was what Delaney Robinson, a sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill was attacked with when she reported her rape. The Department of Public Safety treated her like a criminal. The perpetrator of this terrible act was given slightly different treatment. Robinson, after listening to the tape of the talk between the Department of Safety and her rapist, was shocked when she heard the laid-back, easy-going interviewing style he received. They didn't accuse him of anything, they reassured him when he was upset, and even said "Don't sweat it- just keep on living your life and playing football."

Those are not the words that should be issued to a man who physically and verbally violated a young girl. It is even more repulsive is that he has been allowed to continue playing football, and has been given the ability to live and learn on campus even while Chapel Hill has knowledge that he ruined Delaney Robinson's life.

This is a bright student who took all of the correct steps, she reported the incident right away only to be disappointed by the lack of action committed by the school. What message does this send to other women who experience this? That they will be swept to the side while their rapist roams campus as if nothing has happened? The fact that Chapel Hill seems to value its success in football over the emotional well being of its students is frightening.

In the words of a Chapel Hill sophmore, Jessie Seligmann, "I think this whole experience has been low key embarrassing for everyone involved. For the university, who is being attacked for the lack of attention to this matter, for the girl who has essentially had to tell the whole world a super private aspect of her life, for the students who go to a school they want to believe is prestigious and honorable. It's hard for me to put myself in her shoes, or for anyone to really who hasn't gone through some form of sexual assault. But I think I can safely say I don't think I would have had the courage to go this public in order to receive my justice.

But that's besides the point. I think for her to have to go and hold a press conference and announce to the world that she was raped is honestly downright embarrassing. I think the fact that she had to go to these lengths in order to get justice and simply be heard is pitiful. Also Humiliating. Humiliating for everyone involved: the university, herself, her family, the students who go here...

I think the saddest thing is: this is not even close to the first time this has happened here and it certainly won't be the last because I don't think Chapel Hill has learned any sort of lesson or felt any sense of "oh, maybe we did something wrong."

I think this school is quickly gaining a reputation, one which it definitely doesn't want. I mean this girl had to publicly embarrass UNC in order to get her justice. The justice she deserves to get from day one. That's ridiculous."

For years women stayed silent about the horrors that happened within the walls of college campus, and it's only recently that dozens of people have stepped forward about rapes and sexual assalts. Society is slowly making progress in how these women are treated, but there is still a huge issue in terms of rape culture and victim blaming. Time and time again male athletes in and out of college are not held accountable for the crimes they commit. The most recent and public case concerning a rapist who walked free was a swimmer from Stanford.

The phrase "They're just teenagers, just because they made one mistake doesn't mean the rest of their life/career should be ruined" is one I wish would never be uttered again. Not only does it place the value of a sport in a higher position of importance than a girl's life, it also belittle the tragic instance that she was forced to live through. You are telling a young woman her pain is unimportant, that the boy who destroyed her life is somehow at no fault.

When will women be able to pursue their studies in peace? When will they be able to accuse their attackers without being questioned at every turn? When will society as a whole decide that women's lives are far more important than someone's career?

As I finish typing this and pack away my things, preparing to leave the library to make the trek to my dorm, I ask myself one thing; If I was raped walking home tonight, would my school do anything?