Wednesday 19 June 2013

Serena Williams heavily criticised for blaming rape victim

The world champion is beingheavily criticized over remarks she made about thevictim of the Steubenville Ohio rape case. A 16-year-old girl who was raped by high school football players, Trent Mays and Ma'Lik Richmond, who were each sentenced to a year in juvenile jail in Marchthis year. During an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Serena blamed the girl for putting herself in a position where the boys could rape her. She said: "Do you think it was fair, what they got? (The high school football player) They did something stupid, but I don't know. I'm not blaming the girl, but if you're a 16-year-old and you're drunk like that, your parentsshould teach you: Don't take drinks from other people. She's 16, why was she that drunk where she doesn't remember? It could have been much worse. She's lucky. Obviously, I don't know, maybe she wasn't a virgin, but she shouldn't have put herself in that position, unless they slippedher something, then that's different."People were outraged by herremarks and blasted her on social media. See the Tweetsafter the cut. What do you guys think?

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