By definition rape is forcibly carrying out sexual activity against an individual without their consent. It usually involves physically harming the victim in the process. Rape is almost always done to female victims and the descriptions of the reports, in my opinion, are somewhat insulting for the victim. Even though in this day and age women can “wear or act however they want” its not completely true because people still unintentionally go back to the mentality from older time periods. In most of the rape cases or stories, the description of the woman herself is included (sometimes for an underlying affect on public when it comes down to trying to figure out an incentive for the crime). It may not only be for context, but it includes her attire as if whatever her choice of clothing was, made it a reason why she was raped. In the end, the guilty party is the one at fault. People make the assumption that covering yourself, or making sure you don’t draw attention to yourself, or if you don’t wear gaudy attire… nothing would happen to you. In reality these sex offenders are just sick people who choose whoever they want. In their minds a pretty girl will always differ from case to case and we can’t stick a label on rape victims. Throughout Didion’s writing, many cases were included and the victims not only varied in looks, but also age, race, occupation…etc. How could it be justifiable for people to say that an eight year old drew attention to herself the same way a grown woman did. Overall, based on the compilation of cases the rapists end up talking about the actions they completed and how it all went down. Rarely do we get to hear why they did it and how they feel getting caught or even whether they feel guilt.
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