I wish to start off this discussion with yes, there is a problem of rape on college campuses.\u00a0 It does need to be addressed.\u00a0 There is no reason a young woman should have to fear that a man, or group of men might sexually assault her.\u00a0 Its not fun, its nothing to be proud of.\u00a0 Guys, don’t do it, respect other people, including women.<\/p>\n
Now, having said that I can move on to this claim by Lena Dunham.\u00a0 Was she raped in college?\u00a0 Its very possible.\u00a0 Let’s start with the claim.<\/p>\n
Dunham states in her book that while in college she was raped by a man named ‘Berry’.\u00a0 Berry was a prominent republican on campus and even had his own radio show.<\/p>\n
Now, right here is where I always had the problem with Dunham’s story.<\/p>\n
Why was it so important to the story in the book about naming Barry a Republican?\u00a0 It makes no sense at all unless one is trying to tar and feather an entire group of people.\u00a0 The reasoning never came forth at all, and makes even less sense later on as people began investigating it.<\/p>\n
In fact, it came out that ‘Barry’ was a made up name for her rapist.\u00a0 A couple of days ago she finally made the following statement:<\/p>\n
“To be very clear, ‘Barry’ is a pseudonym, not the name of the man who assaulted me, and any resemblance to a person with this name is an unfortunate and surreal coincidence. I am sorry about all he has experienced.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So instead, a man who went to the college at that time, and was named Barry, had to hire a lawyer, and has spent months demanding something from either Dunham or her publisher to clear his name.<\/p>\n
Perhaps is she had come clean about the name back in October, people might look better upon Dunham.\u00a0 Instead she allowed this to fester for some unknown reason.<\/p>\n
So while there is a problem on campuses, this entire ordeal has done nothing to help out those who have been raped.\u00a0 In fact, by making such a story, inserting a false name, claiming he was a Republican, Dunham made a mockery of the issue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I wish to start off this discussion with yes, there is a problem of rape on college campuses.\u00a0 It does need to be addressed.\u00a0 There is no reason a young woman should have to fear that a man, or group of men might sexually assault her.\u00a0 Its not fun, its nothing to be proud of.\u00a0 […]
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