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may be triggering: 14 yr old girl kills herself because she was bullied for saying that she was raped by an older student. Her friends didn't believe her. Charges were dropped against the older student because she wasn't present in court to testify against him.

http://www. wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/wayne_county/huron-high-school-teen-who-accused-classmate-of-rape-takes-own-life-

Watch the video.

I dislike how media is calling this bullying. Kids aren't killing themselves because of teasing over fashion choices, stolen lunchmoney, or "Do my homework or else" type demands.

The cases I've read have all involved sex-based aggressions against girls and gay boys, and calling it bullying disappears the sexual nature of these crimes while downplaying that sexual harassment is a crime. Bullying is to sexual abuse what spanking is to child abuse.

sam wrote:I dislike how media is calling this bullying... The cases I've read have all involved sex-based aggressions against girls and gay boys, and calling it bullying disappears the sexual nature of these crimes while downplaying that sexual harassment is a crime.

That's a good point. I agree with you that I think in all this discussion about bullying they ought to specify the sex-based nature of the aggression. Obviously an anti-bullying "movement" has a higher chance of grabbing hold than an anti-sexual-harassment movement.

argh! makes me sad that this happened.

Good point Sam.
The headline is poorly written anyway "bullying about rape"?
try: "bullied after rape"

To say "bullying about rape" indicates it is something she did or did not do with regards to rape, and not that she was the victim of rape.

Getting back on point, sadly a number of teens that attempt to get charges against the rapist, or go to court, do find the ordeal too much and commit suicide. I think the worst of it is really that people don't believe them (like most adult female rape victims). And the injustice of the whole thing. Women never get justice.

stormy wrote:Good point Sam.
The headline is poorly written anyway "bullying about rape"?
try: "bullied after rape"

To say "bullying about rape" indicates it is something she did or did not do with regards to rape, and not that she was the victim of rape.

Getting back on point, sadly a number of teens that attempt to get charges against the rapist, or go to court, do find the ordeal too much and commit suicide. I think the worst of it is really that people don't believe them (like most adult female rape victims). And the injustice of the whole thing. Women never get justice.

sure,but women never get justice or are not fighting for justice? An other disturbing fact that i have been observing is the feminini mystique,conserning women "weakness".Women is more likely to "ask for rights" than fighting for them.exemple: when rape happens here,it is more likely men wish to kill the rapist than women and the women/girl who suffered rape.We are always taught to "forgive",to "understand" and worse: to blame ourselves.So,when we are not belived in,we get depressed and kill ourselves instead of get furious and make justice with our hands.That is a point we should care more,because that what is making women standing agianst each other,wasting time with frivoulous stuff, and racionalizing prostitution,pronography and rape(what is far its the most terrible effect).