The Stanford Rape Case

The Left is going ape-spit over a judge's recent decision to give a very light sentence to a well-to-do Stanford male athlete who raped an unconscious young woman behind a garbage dumpster. Both were over the legal blood alcohol limit for driving, he 2 times over and she by a factor of 3. There was a mandatory 2-year minimum sentence which the judge ignored and gave him instead only 6 months in the county lockup and probation. Wrong. It was a despicable criminal act. Do the crime, do the time. So far, so good, but ...

As Mona Charen, the author of the column goes on to say:

"Here is the truth that the left will never acknowledge -- the hookup culture they celebrate and defend is the greatest petri dish for enabling rape and sexual assault imaginable. It does women no favors to tell them that the way they drink is irrelevant. It may not be a crime to get blind drunk at a bar or party -- but it's reckless. The Stanford woman's blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit. Again, that doesn't make her a criminal, but who can doubt that, but for that, she would not have become a victim?"

We are all responsible for reasonably looking out for our own safety and well-being. If I leave all my doors unlocked and windows wide open in the summer and get burglarized, the illegal entry and theft are still a crime to be sure, but I certainly bear some responsibility for what happened. A person cannot behave as if it's a perfect world out there when anyone over the age of 5 knows it's not and then cry "foul" when that imperfect world abuses them. Do the crime, do the time and this kid should, but let's quit pretending that risky behavior carries no risks. 

townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/2016/06/10/what-the-stanford-rape-case-reveals-n2176251