In the second video displayed, a lady had gotten pulled over for throwing out a cigarette from window a couple of times while driving. By the end of the video a woman cop does a deep search on the side of the road, public for everyone to see. The lady searched even said that she has had an interesting stop, she has never been stopped and now that this was her first stop she is suing because the way they went about the stop is illegal.
What I find frustrating about our rape culture is that people get away with this all the time not knowing the effects that it can leave on the person assaulted. People I am assuming everyday get sexually assaulted not only by police but by other people who may be strangers or people they even might know. Being touched in ways that are inappropriate, can make them feel differently about themselves, being around that sex that assaulted them (man and woman) and just always being on high alert because no one wakes up and thinks that they will be assaulted today. This is when rape culture comes in. We see this happening so much, it seems as if we accept rape because it happens so much. There are resources but after that happens to someone they will forever remember every second of them being assaulted and will not be the same person they were before. This is important because since we do not see rape as such a big thing, people are scared to report the crime and get justice. They start to blame themselves for the situation like "Why was I that drunk" "Why did I wear short shorts that day" "Why did I say hi to someone, because they could have felt like I was leading them on" There is no excuse for rape. Just because you are wearing a crop top, shorts, a shirt, or drinking at the bars that does not give someone the right to come up to you and make you do something that you do not want to do. That does not make it okay for them to do something when you have said no. There is NO excuse for rape. Any man or woman who thinks its okay to have sexual activity with someone while drunk or because of what they are wearing or even because they THINK they have authority to do so is lower than dirt and I have no respect for them.
Wow, I'm definitely horrified at the second video, especially since that was her first time being pulled over. But more than that, I think that videos like these that go viral only promote more fear and more rape culture. Even if the video is being shared because of outrage against the situation, the woman's privacy isn't being respected. It is my opinion that sharing these types of videos over and over again promote a lack of respect, which in this case could very well instigate rape culture. Both of these women now have to deal with a lack of privacy and feeling unsafe around the police, which could lead to a lessened participation in society, one of the negative effects of rape culture.
ReplyDeleteYes, I completely agree! It is showing a lack of respect but I also believe that something needs to be shown in order to get change. If people do not see with there own eyes that something is going to be looked over and change will never happen. By her going through what she went through she is already affected forever, but I feel like I would want to get justice for what happen and how do you get justice? You need evidence. Again, I am not saying that these videos should be shared millions of times but I just hate how people think they can get away with this stuff and to prove rape is hard, to get evidence of it is hard. If they have a video and a card (which every cop must give if they don't give you a ticket) they can go to court.
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