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What the fuck does it matter how long it took a rape victim to tell their story? Regardless of how long ago it was it is a traumatic experience and no one has the right to dictate the time frame in which it is appropriate for these victims to come out. OJ was portrayed as this nice loving person on media just like Bill Cosby played a loving character in his shows BUT that does NOT make either of them good people. Bill Cosby may or may NOT be the same person that Cliff Huxtable was and people need to understand that before they begin to use his career as evidence as to why he could not have done certain things. This case is being dismissed as unfair because it took these women some time to speak out but is it too hard to understand that a woman whose body had just been violated might NOT want to walk into a police station to talk about what happened reliving the details, then have that same violated body poked and invaded for tests?
Don't get me wrong I understand that you need sufficient evidence of rape for this to be a fair trial but I just feel that people are so insensitive to this entire case. I just feel that most people are trying to determine Bill Cosby's innocence simply because those women took a few years to speak out.
How the justice system is handling this case is different story. People are outraged that Bill Cosby is not being treated fairly. Why is it that when a black man is simply accused of rape with no concrete evidence, his bail is set to one million dollars and his entire career is tarnished, and his shows taken down, but Charley Sheen walks free even though he hides his HIV and has sex with women without telling them? Why is it that Woody Allen who molested his seven year old daughter is free, and I can go on Netflix and find some of his movies still playing? Maybe race has nothing to do with it, but maybe it has everything to do with why the severity of these punishments are so different.
I like that you brought attention to this story Lauren. I agree with the points that you brought up, that why does it matter how long ago the rape occurred, rape ten years ago is still rape. I mean, I agree that yes it the women took awhile to speak about it, and now that they have they are being dismissed which I'm sure is a big blow for them. It's hard because now that all this time has passed, there really isn't any sufficient evidence and it's their words vs. Cosbys. His court hearing is set on the fourteenth, where they will decide if he will go to prison for up to ten years. Only up to ten years, for 50+ allegations of rape...and people are more worried about the reruns of his shows not being played on tv anymore. Which I think that reflects on how messed up society is.
ReplyDeleteOn the topic of race, it is annoying that people like Charlie and Woody are walking free, with their cases dropped. I personally don't know if it has had an influence on Cosbys situation, not to say it hasn't, but as we know racism is hard to prove in most situations unless it is blatantly pointed out.
I really don't know much about this case, but if a girl is being harmed not under her own will, there is something wrong and something needs to be done. good post! It probably took so long because it is hard to overcome like you were saying.
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