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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The victims MUST come forward.  Isn't that the irony?  "Jackie" in the story isn't sure she wants to come forward and yet SHE holds the key to their conviction.  She was brutally attacked and yet she is unwilling to scream that out until she is heard and they pay.  I understand there are costs for her to go forward, but it's kind of a conundrum that the article is saying "they all get away with it" and at the same time, reporting that the victims haven't wanted to make it a criminal case.  Seems one is necessary for the other.

[b]I can't imagine being so fully assaulted and NOT making someone pay.  Hell to the no[/b].[/quote]

What if you were made to doubt your own recollection of the event? What if your friends didn't support you? What if the school's actions made you feel that its reputation and honor code were more important than your physical and mental health?

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One of the worst parts of the story is her friends' reactions when they saw her immediately after the gang rape. Only one of them (a guy) wanted to take her to the hospital while the others were only concerned about THEIR reputations. Jackie had NO support and she was a freshman who'd been in college less than month. Not only is there a huge problem with the dude bro culture, but there's a huge problem with everyone else who lets them get away with it. [/quote]

The actions of essentially all the parties in the article, except Jackie's were horrible.  The boys who participated in the rape were the worse, but the pathetic "friends" who enabled their actions in a cowardly fashion are also horrific human beings.  I can see why Jackie acted how she did.  I just hope that the national discussion of sexual assault will finally change things so that this whole process stops happening in the future.

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