T_T (TW for rape)

[aislingthegreat]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/cheerleader-must-compensate-school-that-told-her-to-clap-rapist-2278522.html

What the hell. Just, seriously...what.

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Comments

[kaelstra]

holy god, they said she was representing her school when she refused to clap for the person that raped her so she's getting sued?

What the shit is this? What a disgusting world.

[gargoylekitty]

Horrific, though isn't this story pretty old, I recall folks helping raise money for her.

Again, not that it makes it any less fucked up and rage-worthy.

[subluxate]

It's probably an update that the Supreme Court wouldn't hear it.

Sadly, that's not terribly surprising.

[nounbeast]

Didn't this (or at least, before this update) even somehow make it to sf_d when a mansplainer in another comm decided to vehemently insist that this wouldn't have been such a big deal if only she'd been more ~demure~ about her refusal to applaud him?

[gargoylekitty]

Not sure, but I would not be the least bit surprised. Ugh.

[thunderflyer]

This is too bad. Victims of violence, but especially sexual violence, are too often blamed and pay higher costs for being the victim than the perpetrator of the violence. I don't even know how to fix it, either.

[lazzchan]

I remember hearing about this story a bit back and I couldn't even process it. D: That poor girl and what a disgusting system.

[girlomega]

If anything else, I REALLY hope this makes people think twice about going to this school.

[kittenmommy]

It's more likely to make girls think twice about reporting a rape or otherwise standing up for themselves.

[girlomega]

As a rape and abuse survivor, I'm going to kindly ask you to shut your mouth and think before you speak the obvious again.

[kittenmommy]

I'm sorry.