If you pay attention to the news or follow me on social media then you know a thing or two about this Stanford rape case. The rapist was Brock Turner and the victim has stayed anonymous. Brock Turner, an all American swimmer, will be now forever known as a rapist. A couple weeks ago no one knew of your existence. You chose to take advantage of a young woman while you violated her without consent because she was unconscious. You chose, as your father so delightfully said it, to have, “20 minutes of action” in an alleyway on Stanford University Campus. The young woman just wanted to have a fun night out with her sister and friends. You had to be a pig and try to kiss her and her friends, which they all shoved you off saying no. Then you see her passed out in the alley, and you didn't think of helping her up or taking her to a hospital so she can be taken care of properly.

You chose to ruin your life and hers by inserting yourself and other unknown objects into her when she could not even speak, because once again she was unconscious. You do know what unconscious means, right? Apparently not, though, because you thought it was OK to have sex with a young woman who you barely know and was so incoherent that she could not even scream for help. You think you are innocent in this case, right? You do not see how morally wrong this was. All you can think about is yourself, and how this is going to affect you. Your swimming career has gone down the drain, your education is over and your name will be on the sex offender list for the rest of your life.

Your sentence is six months in jail, and let me fill you in on something, you got off easy. No matter how much time you spend in jail, it will not compare to what the victim will endure for the rest of her life. In court, Mr. Turner, Brock’s father, said, “He will never be his happy go lucky self with that easy going personality and welcoming smile. His every waking minute is consumed with worry, anxiety, fear, and depression. You can see this in his face, the way he walks, his weakened voice, his lack of appetite.” I have a question for you Mr. Turner, would you be going this easy on the man who did this to YOUR 23-year-old daughter? I know you would not; you would fight for your daughter, the victim, just like you are for your son, the rapist. A good father would teach his son a lesson and try to figure out where he went wrong. Where did you fail to teach your son the importance of respecting women and that no means NO? What kind of man are you Mr. Turner? Scratch that, I do not even want to know. I hope you are proud of your son for getting “20 minutes of action.” I guess being non responsive, not being able to move and barely breathing, means yes, have sex with the girl.

Rape happens every day. “Somewhere in America, a woman is raped every 2 minutes” according to the Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs. Most of the time, the victim knows their attacker. “Of surveyed college women, about 90% of rape and sexual assault victims knew their attacker prior to the assault.” The victim met Brock at a party that night and unfortunately, nothing good came from it. Rape is nothing to take lightly. We should all be enraged with what Brock did and the other males who did the same thing. And we should be applauding and thanking the victims for coming forward and enduring potential humility and pain for the future victims. All it takes is for one person to speak up about their attacker for other girls to have the courage to come forward as well. Rape is never deserved, it is never asked for and it is never the fault of the survivor.