Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Serena criticizes 16 year old rape victim


There's a big article on tennis player Serena Williams in this month's Rolling Stone.

In an excerpt of the article that ran on Deadspin today, Williams criticized the 16-year-old girl who was raped by two football players at a party in Steubenville, Ohio last year.

Several students joked about the rape on social media, and the story made headline news when it went to trial.

In Rolling Stone, Williams got close to blaming the victim, and calls her lucky:




"Do you think it was fair, what they got? 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 parents should 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 slipped her something, then that's different."

2 comments:

  1. Serena i pray u dont become a victim of Circumstances

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  2. She should learn how to talk like a superstar... oridnarili wat she said is meant 2 cum out frm the mouth of low class people

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