An assault on us all

This is an assault on us all. What happened to an unconscious young woman and was witnessed by two men on bicycles happened to all of us.  This happened to all of us. We were the woman behind the dumpster, we were the rapist, we were the bystanders. We were one or all of these people consecutively. 

Here's what you need to know. 

Unconscious is not consent. 

If you are too drunk to function, you can't give consent. 

The system failed this woman: meaning the system failed all of us. 

No media outlet mentioned her accomplishments, but they mentioned her rapist's accomplishments.

His sentence was 4-10 years more lenient than if she had been raped by a man who wasn't white. 

The two men who chased him down are heroes. Don't be a bystander to any kind of assault. 

Things that happened afterwards:

 We started talking about rape and consent and skin color being a deciding factor on someone's sentence.- Finally 

 USA Swimming came out and banned the rapist from ever competing again.  -Good job

This happened to all of us. 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted in their life span. The statistics for men are lower because they report less. The real statistics for women are much higher than that because of lack of reporting.  It should not matter if alcohol played a factor or a person's age, race, what they were wearing etc. There is no such thing as "asking for it". You either gave consent in a conscious and uninhibited state of mind or you didn't. Consent is consent. Rape is Rape. Keep the conversation going. Don't be a bystander to any kind of assault. The legal system failed us. The media failed us. It's time for us to stand up and do something about it.