So I have always loved watching MTV shows from "Jersey Shore" to "Awkward." There is a new show out that I think every man, woman and child should watch called "Sweet/Vicious." The show is about a sorority girl who beats the poo out of a Fraternity boys and other men who rape girls and get away with it. Here is an excerpt from the first few minutes of the show.
Jules: Do I have consent, Will? I want you to think about Beth. The music you played to drown out her screaming. The fear in her eyes when you held her down when you forced yourself into her.
Will: No, no, please no. Please, I'll do anything.
Jules [smacks him]: I'm sorry. I thought no meant yes. My bad. You didn't stop when she said no, did you, Will? [punches him]
Will: No, no, I didn't stop. I didn't. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to hurt anyone! I'm so sorry.
Jules: If you ever do to anyone else what you did to Beth, I will be back.
Awesome, right?! The main character Jules (sorority girl) meets this badass girl named Ophelia who has blue-green hair and pretty much says and does whatever she wants. The two are vigilantes who are freaking amazing. They find guys who have abused women and make sure they don't do it again. Think of the show as Batman and Robin but with sarcasm and fun characters. The characters in the show all are interesting and represent young girls. Jules is a survivor of sexual assault and has the same conflicts other women who have been abused have. She has flashbacks of her rapist (who is dating her best friend) and has a hard time trusting men. There are different characters with different personalities such as Jules's sorority sisters, Ophelia's law school best friend and Jules's new man she's starting to date.
The show is very empowering and shows women that we should fight for women and men who are sexually abused and that college campuses need to take more responsibility for cases that involve rape and abuse. So the show is on Monday's at 10 p.m.! So everyone go and watch this awesome and empowering show!
