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Rape Culture

    "Not All Men"

    This seems to be a common term these days, and I agree not all men are rapists or abusers but every women has either experienced sexual assault, violence, or harassment. It seems like every girl has been a witness to this form of violence. There isn't a girl out there who wasn't sat down at a too young of age and told about what not to do so they don't get sexualized and there is something deeply wrong with that. Lately I've been really into poetry and I wrote a poem that reflects on this topic.

    Witness

A crime against a woman
A man with no alibi
The trial starts
The truth will be found
Some testify
Some take a vow
Wrong place 
Wrong time
They accuse the girl because of the skin he could see
It does not matter the amount of skin she reveals
The pain he caused her will never disappear
He claims there was no boundaries set
He claims that she said yes
The jury looks at her with hateful eyes
They are all men too
No surprise 
The girl feels like she might die
The verdict is read
The girl is done
Not guilty it read
As the man walked away smiling knowing what he had done

    We live in a world where instead of teaching our boys to respect women we teach little girls to watch out for men. I’m not saying we can change rape culture in one day but we can start, take this first step and help fuel the movement to make women safe in the world again. 

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