This article is about a now former
quarterback from the University of Montana is being acquitted of sexual assault
charge. Jordan Johnson, 21, from Eugene, OR originally, forced himself upon a
female student last year. The student claimed that after she and Johnson kissed
and took their shirts off, she told him no to having sex. Then, she claimed
that the athlete took off her leggings and underwear, pinned her to the bed and
forced her to have sex with him. She said that he changed: “changed into a totally
different person.” The next day, she went to the university’s Student Assault
Resource Center and had an examination done. She suffered injuries to the head,
chest, clavicle, and genitals. Since she was in shock and terrified, she couldn’t
scream for help for her friends who were in the same house.
The
reason why Johnson got acquitted from the charge is because the female student
wanted to be with the star quarterback. Then she realized that a relationship
was not part of the deal, and she turned on him. “The fact that he didn’t give
her a relationship does not make what happened that night a crime.”
I think
was an interesting article to read and write about because it is about a rights
of a man and a woman. We’ve been talking about a lot about women being the
victims, not the other way around. Men can be the victims as well. Women, just
like men, can trick people so they can get what they want. Most cases end up
sending the rapist to years in prison. But in this case, the rapist got out of
a 100-year sentence. He was in there for a year or so, but his case was brought
up back to court. This article represents what I believe. I think that everyone
involved should be considered. For instance, I don’t think it’s fair if the
rapist is sent to jail and the victim wasn’t under consideration. Like in this
case, the victim was the one who ‘wanted’ Johnson. She probably saw him as a
popularity contest, and that isn’t right, in my opinion. People who use other
people on purpose is not right and is wrong. I sure hope that women and men
both come to justice about sexual violence and abuse. It is wrong doing and doesn’t
prove anything. Nothing positive comes out of abuse or violence.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/us/jordan-johnson-ex-montana-quarterback-is-acquitted-of-rape.html
This is such a hard topic to think about because people are honestly quite crazy. Because of people being so crazy it makes it hard to know who actually was at fault, and who wasn't, or if both were. Everyone regardless of gender can be crazy and lie about events that had gone on, and at the same time they could both be on completely different pages. Too many people like to be silent and not talk about what they think and discuss things, but rather be silent until it comes to something like this. From the outside you will never truly understand the events that went down between people, therefore making it merely impossible to fairly prosecute people for acts of violence. Being on the outside you will never know what is truly self-defense, what is really an assault, or what is totally right and true. The victim never is the cause or deserves getting assaulted, but trying to figure out who is the victim is the real issue. Another thing is how people will treat another because of social standings; people are people and should be treated as such, not an object to obtain popularity.
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