Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Audrie and Daisy Case
A few weeks ago in class we watch a documentary about Audrie and Daisy that was written in 2016. Audie was the teen that hung herself because of when pictures of her were shared all over school. She was sexually assaulted 8 days before she killed herself. People continued to bully her everyday that she would walk onto school campus grounds. She was getting stared at everyday and people were looking at their phone seeing the picture of Audrie Pott and then give her a dirty looks. One day Audrie got tired of getting bullied over social media that she went home in the middle of the school day and hung herself. There were a lot of cases with the guys that did it and court and stuff but it reminded me of a friend that this almost happened to her. She got sexual assaulted but we all helped her at out so much that she didn't kill herself. She still sometimes carries the stereotypes around with her whenever she goes to school but students realized how bad this was that they didn't think it was right calling her names and hurting her. The boys at her school that did it, got in major trouble and didn't get to come back to the school that she goes to now. I really liked watching this film because one, it hit "home" to me and may me think of a girl that I was friends with and two, it was a film that was so interesting. It was also a great learning experience for all of us even though we all know that it is bad thing to do in some sort of way.
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I believe that guys will continue to slut shame even though it is wrong. However, from what we have seen in this documentary, I believe that if girls do a better job sticking up for each other like adeline did, things like suicide could be prevented. Also, slut shaming is wrong because it is just guys trying to bring a girl down. A lot could be prevented if people only minded their own business.
ReplyDeleteIt shouldn't all depend on girls sticking up for each other. Boys can do the same. Yes, I agree that if someone, like Audrie, gets supported and people stick up for them, it could prevent them from hurting themselves. But it's also something they have to deal with mentally and with themselves. People who go through situations like Audrie, blame themselves; they tell themselves that they could have prevented if they hadn't done this and that. They still beat themselves up, no matter how much support they get. The rude and shaming comments tend to also stick out more than the supported comments. Boys AND girls should not slut shame someone that goes through a terrible situation like that, no matter what. The fact that they do that to bring the girl down is sad; sad that they have nothing better to do with their lifes..Yes, a lot could be prevented if people minded their own business, but realize that that is impossible in the generation we are living in. People rather be in other people's business to avoid theirs.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you are saying Val, I feel that there wouldn't be as many young people hurting themselves if they have people that are there for them. Also, if people keep there noses in their own situations people might not have to hate themselves for things that they haven't done wrong.
DeleteSexual assault is much more common than we think, and this documentary really allowed us to see that. There are a lot of consequent issues surrounding sexual assaults – victims get blamed and bullied, and ultimately become depressed to point where they might even kill themselves. Raising awareness can help these situations, but no matter how hard people try to stick up for others, they still can't prevent these crimes from happening.
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