Rape going viral is one of the scariest, most daunting aspects of social media. What some kids would find to be funny, are actually serious violent assault cases. Many of these cases have no punishment for them. To think that a rapist could walk amongst people who have no idea what he's done because he was never caught for his actions, when he probably could have been, that is a terrifying thought to mostly everyone. Reporting rape and sexual assault needs to happen more, in order to prevent it any further. With no consequences other than their own self guilt, if any, it just makes it not as severe for guys to execute, never learning their lesson. Just as easily as social media can get the information out there, it can also have an incredible impact in justifying the crime. Taking this to authorities gives them a much stronger incentive to do something, having the evidence on hand and being able to actually see who is committing the crime in most cases. In unfortunate cases, like the one with Kelsey, she was not able to access the video although it was not of her, it would have led authorities to the man that did it to her too. It blows my mind that anyone would ever find coming across rape on their social networking feed funny, I find it terribly horrific and such an unfortunate outcome to young girls' lives. As a female, young adult, I find this to be an incredibly pressing issue that it is time more serious action was taken about.
While I agree that videos and pictures of rape should be reported to the authorities, sometimes the consequences of this can do more harm than good. In many cases in the articles, the media was posted to various sites and peers before actually getting to anyone that took action on account of the rapists. This in turn, got the information out there about the raping and proceeded to further embarrass the lives of the young girls that had been raped by making it known to everyone, which often times led to suicides. Yes, I think that these happenings should be shown to someone who would take actions to protect the victims, but it should be in a safe way so that no more embarrassment should come to those that had been sexually abused. Very thoughtful thoughts!
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