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In 2018, Why Aren't People Held Accountable for Sexual Assault?

In this house, we hold our brothers accountable.

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It is the system that has a tendency to enforce the issue and mull over problematic tendencies. This is what I'd love to call a systematic failure. Here's what's wrong with a public fix: It often takes care of the surface of the issue.

For example, USC bringing is this wonderful, accomplished lady (who we hope stays forever!), but keeping Nikias around. You cannot pass on the title of figurehead and end up letting him retain power in a position. When we as students heard step-down, what we wanted was a step-down, and out of office, for real.

When the ladies in Hollywood heard #MeToo and we all agreed, we didn't just do it because we wanted Weinstein down, we did it because we wanted solutions to the many, many problems that are faced by women everywhere, every day, in every facet, of every community.

When, locally, we wanted problematic teachers and professionals out of our schools, we didn't want to keep the problematic administration that hired the issue in the first place. And that failed to handle the issue.

You see, it's a trend. It's not even a well-kept secret. It's not gossip if corruption is blatantly out there, it's just a fact. We're trying to shift the conversation here. We're working to fix yesterday's issues today in order to ensure a better tomorrow. We're making an unapologetic statement and calling a spade a spade.

For so long, it has been such an integral part of our culture to sit down and shut up about the taboo. But right now, we're getting a high off of calling out the obvious and taking out the trash.

Our taboo talk isn't inappropriate, but the actions we're discussing 100% are. And our vocab on those is what needs a second thought.

Nevertheless, we've still got to do something. No, I've never screamed from the top of my lungs to tear down the systems that oppress us, but I've done my fair share of throwing temper tantrums over it. However, loud voices only make the issue a presence in the room, but loud actions tear down walls brick by brick and break glass ceilings.

Shooting rockets into the sky make blasts for everyone to hear, and everyone to see.

It's important that we are allowing the two to work in tandem. And it's as equally important that we are calling out the systems/administrations/monsters/men/people/etc. who are enforcing and letting those of heinous behavior openly denounce justice. Call it out and take it out.

Throw the temper tantrum, but ensure that it has done its job. We are setting standards for our current #MeToo world.

There will always be bad guys. Those will always be obstacles we will have to overcome. But at any rate, that is exactly what we are meant to do. Hiding from the issues coming into the light does nothing.

Do not let the bad guys control the rhetoric of a hero's tale.

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