How many times a day do you say rape? Hopefully none. But I've come to find that this word has become desensitized and goes through the mouth of most high school students I'm surrounded by. This is me saying STOP. Do you even know what rape is? It's the act of someone forcing another to have sex against their will. A SERIOUS topic, although most kids in my classes don't take it seriously. I hear this word used in phrases like, " Man I just raped that test" or "That team lost so badly it looked like they got raped in the ass". Let me explain something. You cannot force a test to have sex with you, and if you can, then you have issues. So why would you use that word? Because you lack the ability to put yourself iin someone elses shoes. Well, let me put you in mine. I was kidnapped and raped when I was 15. What I thoguht was a jog through my neighborhood turned out to be an experience I'd never forget. So now I'm asking this of all of you that abuse this word choice. Imagine what it's like to have a 30 year old man touch you. Imagine having to talk about your rape to the police in front of your mom...and your dad. Imagine missing three months of school and fearing the outdoors as a result of the rape. And if you can't imagine it, then do me a favor and TH
INK before you use this word.
Stephanie Rose
As teenagers, we usually do not understand the full effect of words that we use. I mean a couple of weeks ago, Kobe Bryant, a 30 something year old basketball wizard, was fined for calling a ref a faggot. Sadly, it seems like people will always be using this lingo until the fad dies out. Personally, I believe it's a maturity issue. I do not know the pain you have gone through, but I'm sure people in the future won't be as insensitive to this topic as your fellow high school students.
ReplyDelete~Simon L.
I totally agree with you that this word has become desensitized and it's truly sad. I'm sorry for the unfortunate pain you have had to go through, and like Simon, I'm sure people in your future will not be as insensitive as high school students.
ReplyDelete- Allaura Levi