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Letter to the Editor

From Jessica Osman

Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011

Letter to the University Press Editor

I am writing in response to Monica Ruiz’s article “Busted!” in your September 20, 2011 issue; more specifically, I’m responding to “Case of the Girl Who Cried Wolf…Or Rape”.  First, I would like to address the contradiction that it is initially stated that the student was found naked in her bathroom but then the article states a roommate “walked in on the student having sex”.

The article states “First off, rape is a serious allegation.  Drunk or not, you shouldn’t claim something happened when your actions obviously say otherwise.”  Ms. Ruiz is right: rape is a serious allegation.  Unfortunately, that’s about all she got right.  Does the UP or Ms. Ruiz know that the student’s allegation was investigated and found to be untrue?  If someone is drunk they cannot give proper consent, thereby making it rape.  If the student was as intoxicated as stated, there is no way they were able to give proper consent.  Ms. Ruiz basically states that the student was asking for what happened to her.  The student could have had sex with 100 people and if the 101st person didn’t get her consent, it would still be rape.  If the student had been completely enjoying what they were doing, but in the middle of it decided they didn’t want to do it anymore and their partner didn’t stop, it would still be rape.

Ms. Ruiz goes on to state that the student was having sex with a different guy every night and that appears to be a psychological problem.  Why is it that in 2011 it is still such an issue for women to be sexually active?  First, a woman being sexually active does not give someone else the right to rape them and for it to be OK because they were already having so much sex.  Second, why is it a psychological issue?  What if the student just enjoys having sex?  If they’re being safe and, most importantly, there is consent, nobody should be chastised for it.  Speaking of safety, Ms. Ruiz also states that the student in question has a safety issue by having different guys over every night and then quotes Palm Beach County’s ranking in AIDS population.  Does the UP or Ms. Ruiz know that the student was not using proper protection to prevent an STD?  The safety issue to point out is that having multiple strangers in the dorm room raises the probability of something being stolen or the student or a roommate being harmed.

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