And this is why women need choice

And why the rape culture in this country and around the world must stop.

So Republicans, you think we should accept rape babies as a gift from G-d? You think we ought to make the best of a bad situation?

How about this bad situation?

It seems that a 13 year old Indiana girl was raped. An actual, real rape, because wowza – her rapist was actually convicted. Though the poor dear is only 17, and has his whole future ahead of him, so of course, he is out on bond while awaiting his (likely minimal) sentencing for not only raping her, but also sexually assaulting 2 other young girls. And because 13 isn’t young enough for this paragon with such a promising future, one of his other two victims was only 12. Yes. 12.

he’s been free since he was charged in January — and even after being convicted on three child molesting charges in May.

Apparently questions do remain, because it seems this 13 year old girl got pregnant while being held down and raped by a boy who wouldn’t accept no. Which, I guess, means that maybe she wasn’t really legitimately raped since her body didn’t actually shut the whole thing down? And pregnancy hardly even happens from rape. In which case, slut! Whore!!

Which is exactly what this little girl is facing.

She did what all you nice older white men want made her do. She is carrying the pregnancy to term. Because ABORTION!!! So what is her reward for doing just what you all want made her do?

Well, it seems that every time she walks out her door, the people in her town yell things at her like SLUT and WHORE, even going so far as to vandalize her house by painting it on the walls. Does she get the protection of the police for this? They of course aggressively pursued the people bullying this little girl who is doing just what you wanted her to do, right?

The repeated vandalism incidents at the family’s home — including the words “whore” and “slut” scrawled on the garage doors — were reported to police. But Green said no charges were filed because there were no witnesses to the acts.

Oh, well ok. Forget investigating it. Since there are no witnesses, she obviously vandalized the house herself to get pity because WHORE!!

Green said she and her daughter were both opposed to abortion, but the topic came up after she learned her “baby girl” was pregnant.

“Under these circumstances,” Green said, “it would have been easier.” But after a two-hour heart-to-heart conversation, her daughter held firm to her convictions.

“I just looked at my mom,” the girl recalled, “and told her I wanted to keep the baby.”
It is a decision, the girl acknowledged, that means she will never get to enjoy typical teenage activities and pursuits.

She already has scaled back her goal of attending the University of Michigan and studying to become a veterinarian.

Now, she’s hoping to attend an alternative school to earn her high school diploma, then possibly study to work in child care or as a hair stylist.

So this young girl has to give up her dreams of a wonderful career because she was raped. And yes, she made the choice to keep the pregnancy. A brave choice. One we should all support her in and help her.

And when she does what you all wanted her to do, when she doesn’t terminate the result of her rape, when she makes a brave decision that is going to affect the rest of her life, does she get the support of her community? Her church? Her friends?

A former self-proclaimed “social bug” — she was a cheerleader and athlete — the young victim has become reclusive since learning she was pregnant.

“I can’t walk out the door without someone calling me a whore or slut,” the girl said. “I used to have a lot of friends, or people I thought were my friends, but as soon as this happened I just isolated myself.”
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Slurs scribbled on the garage doors at the girl’s home have been painted over, but their faint outlines — and the sting — still linger. They are remnants of repeated vandalism at the girl’s home after she told police that an older neighborhood boy had raped her.

My heart aches for this young girl (and the other 2 victims of this man’s sexual assault).

The rape culture in this country must stop.

When will parents teach their boys that no means no? Even if the girl only says no twice before you rape her, she still probably maybe really meant no.

“I was telling him ‘no,’ ‘no,’ ” she said, “but he wouldn’t stop.”

When will we teach our sons and daughters that rape is NEVER the fault of the victim? It’s an act of power and control over a more vulnerable person.

When will we teach our children that we shouldn’t feel sorry for the convicted rapist’s lost future?

When will our communities show compassion? When will we give more support to the victim than the rapist?

When will we come to our fucking senses?