Does society have a lame the victimmentality?
I was reading The Wall Street Journal recently and I came across an article that really bothered me – a woman from the Philippines, who originally claimed she had been raped by a U.S. marine, has rescinded her rape accusation. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, “It wasn’t clear why the woman identified as Nicole in court papers, recanted her testimony in a sworn in statement.” After reading that very statement, my head filled with questions and theories. Why would a person suddenly decide that she had not been raped, especially since a court ruling declared that she had indeed been raped in 2005? I wondered if there was outside pressure that caused her to recant her statement. I find it hard to believe that a victim would just change her story without interference, or possibly a threat. I think society unfairly blames the victims of sexual assaults more than they blame the aggressors. I believe that if a person says he or she was raped, then that is exactly what we should believe.
