It's time for change

If you know me, you know I don't hold back on opinions. I let everything just come out of my mouth most of the time without thinking of what could happen. But, with this subject I feel like anyone with feelings can side with me. If you don't know who Brock Turner is you probably don't watch the news or have Facebook, let me fill you in. Brock Turner is a rapist. That's all you really need to know, at a party he took advantage of a drunk young woman and raped her behind a dumpster, he was given a six month sentence to jail but could get off in three months for good behavior. Yup. All because he's an olympic hopeful in swimming and the judge is quoted with saying"A prison sentence would have a severe impact on him. I think he will not be a danger to others," Persky said when handing down the sentence last week to Brock Turner, who was convicted of three counts of felony sexual assault.". In other words, the severe impact on the young woman who was raped outside, in public, behind a dumpster doesn't matter. Everyone on his side is worried about how it will affect him, but I want to talk about the young woman who seems to have been over looked. She didn't get "20 minutes of action" and she has a severe impact that will never go away thanks to Brock Turner. I don't remember most of what I learned in health, but we learned about rape and we also learned that if someone isn't conscious enough to hold a conversation-THEY AREN'T AGREEING TO HAVE SEX! This is the big thing that is making some people believe that it was okay, because she got herself drunk. That isn't the point, the point is you don't take advantage of someone who can't make the right choices. People always wonder why girls don't tell anyone that they were raped-this is why! They aren't taken seriously enough, sadly this situation is reality for so many young people-men and women-all around the world. When you tell someone you're raped they ask so many questions "Did you say no? a certain amount of time?" "We're you drinking?" "What were you wearing?" "Maybe you sent mixed signals." very rarely do you get the question you need the most "Are you okay?". People are always looking for a loophole, a way to make the guilty party look innocent and the innocent look guilty. But, to anyone who was raped-you are innocent. 110% innocent. Unless you said"Yes" to having sex with someone you never gave consent, if you don't give consent-sorry Turner but that is rape. I don't care if this gets him put on sex offender lists, if he can't eat stake, if has a hard time finding a wife because let me tell you it's nothing compared to what that young woman is feeling. I bet she can't sleep, she can't eat, she probably tries to sleep and sees his face. She'll see his face in every physical relationship she has for the rest of her life. Sex will no longer be a fun thing for her, it'll be a cruel reminder that she wasn't cared about by the law and that a sick pervert is free and got off with a slap on the wrist for ruining her life. She won't be able to get over this and neither should he. It's time we change this law-for the better.