Campus Rape

Campus rape is an extremely prevalent issue in today’s culture. According to Stanford University’s 2015 Campus Climate Survey, 4.7 % of women reported that they had been a victim of sexual assault and 32.9% reported experiencing sexual misconduct. Of those attacks, 80% of the perpetrators were Stanford students and 85% were men. Many of these offenses go unreported for fear of the victim not being believed or even being blamed. Because of this, rape is not taken as seriously as it should be. Recently, a case at Stanford University brought international attention to the matter. People v. Turner produced an insane amount of dialogue between many people of different backgrounds. The uproar mainly had to do with rapist, Brock Turner’s jail sentence
They saw what looked like a man on top of an unconscious woman sexually assaulting her. Jonsson and Arndt called out to ask the man what he was doing and he ran off, they pursued him and tackled him to the ground. The man was 19-year-old Brock Turner. The woman, who has not been identified for personal security reasons and dubbed Emily Doe, did not respond to being shaken and finally came to at around 4:15 in the hospital and did not remember anything that had happened. Doe had pine needles in her hair and dried blood on her hands and elbows, she also maintained not having any memory of being alone with anyone, let alone Turner, or consenting to any sexual activity. In Doe’s medical file, it was noted that she had sustained multiple abrasions, erythema, penetrating trauma. Erythema is redness of the skin due to increased blood flow to superficial capillaries and can be caused by excessive massage. It was also noted that Doe had sustained significant trauma, including penetrating trauma. Turner gave a statement saying that the two had met at the Kappa Alpha fraternity house and that they had drank beer together. They allegedly walked away from the house holding hands, and Turner took off Doe’s clothes while she rubbed his back, he then said he needed to vomit and got up to walk away and that
This is seen in many high-profile cases where an upper class defendant is given a light sentence or given a verdict of not guilty all together. For instance, the case of Orenthal James “OJ” Simpson’s suspected murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. Simpson was acquitted despite a multitude of evidence and no clear alibi. The outcome of the trial was an obvious demonstration of classism in the legal system; Simpson was previously a running back for the NFL teams the Buffalo Bills and the San Francisco 49ers and also had a career as an actor in multiple films and television series. In 1997, Simpson’s net worth was estimated to be around $24 million. While not nearly as wealthy, Brock Turner also comes from a fairly well-off family. His father, Dan, works an Air Force civilian job, making at least $50,000 annually. His mother, Carleen, is a registered surgical nurse, a job which makes from $60,000-$85,000 a year. The Turner family is from suburb in Ohio called Oakwood where everybody is pretty wealthy and lives idyllic lives shrouded in privilege. In a Washington Post article, the author speaks about the child-rearing fads in Oakwood. Every parent caters to the every whim of their children. They throw parties and provide alcohol and these kids are never told “no.” Raising children with a toxic attitude of entitlement and complacency is a major contributing factor to cases