This is such a gray issue.
First, I cannot stand the way journalism operates sometimes. I'm sorry, but how many of us wore garters to our proms? How many of us take crazy pictures with our friends, that taken out of context, could make us look like bad people??? "Did she really say no?" was the sleaziest, most desperate copy they could have come up with.
At the same time, if you read some other columns that have been printed, apparently the girl is kind of a lose cannon when it comes to guys/breakups/drastic measures.....so maybe it does all fit together.....
All I know is that from the view of a rape victim, this would be their worst nightmare....and it makes me so upset to think that this will keep more rapes from being reported...
Someone made a good point though- why are the men quartered while the women are under the blanket of journalism??? Makes you think...
Still, the # of girls that cry rape is something ridiculously low, like 7% or something ( i posted it on here once before, can't find it now.)
Essentially, once the whole story comes out I think the papers have a right to print her name. Sorry it took me a novel to come to that conclusion.
