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As the Brock Turner<\/strong> sexual assault sentence<\/a> continues to circulate, many onlookers are in an uproar. On Friday, prosecutors released the rape victim\u2019s statement<\/a> read aloud in court to the former Stanford University swimmer. The rape victim describes her first time reading an article about what happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cI read and learned for the first time about how I was found unconscious, with my hair disheveled, long necklace wrapped around my neck, bra pulled out of my dress, dress pulled off over my shoulders and pulled up above my waist…I learned what happened to me the same time everyone else in the world learned what happened to me…After I learned about the graphic details of my own sexual assault, the article listed his swimming times. She was found breathing, unresponsive with her underwear six inches away from her bare stomach curled in fetal position. By the way, he\u2019s really good at swimming. Throw in my mile time if that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing. I\u2019m good at cooking, put that in there, I think the end is where you list your extracurriculars to cancel out all the sickening things that\u2019ve happened.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This case highlights a larger issue, which I term athletic justification. Athletic justification refers to the repeated rationalization of athletes\u2019 actions and potentials based on their performance in a sport. While this concept has positive affects in areas like the job hiring process, it can also be damaging.<\/p>\n

The subject of sexual assault should be the main discussion point, yet \u201cStanford swimmer\u201d was an incremental part of nearly every legal and media report on this case. Like so many other cases before this, an athlete\u2019s sport success was used by the defense to justify actions, a shorter sentence, and reputation.<\/p>\n

The Benedict-Crosset Study of sexual assaults<\/a> conducted by 30 major Division I universities reported that one third of college sexual assaults are committed by athletes. Another survey titled \u201cSexual Coercion Practices Among Undergraduate Male Recreational Athletes, Intercollegiate Athletes, and Non-Athletes<\/a>\u201d found that 54.3 percent of the intercollegiate and recreational athletes compared to 37.9 percent of non-athletes engaged in sexually coercive behaviors. Almost all of these actions corresponded to the legal definition of rape.<\/p>\n

Despite these high sexual assault numbers, USA Today<\/a> research found that of 168 sexual assault allegations against athletes in the past 12 years, only 22 cases had trials, and only six had convictions. A plea agreement was reached in 46 cases. That gives athletes a 32 percent sexual assault charge rate. The general population has an 80 percent sexual assault charge rate (Benedict-Crosset Study). Athletes have a lower chance of going to trial, a lower conviction rate, and a lower average sentence.<\/p>\n

Athletic prowess does not describe the character of an individual. It is an attribute, just like being a talented business person, performer, or any other occupation.<\/p>\n

Tonight a sexual assault victim will go to bed with the light on because she can no longer sleep in the dark without having nightmares about being touched. Tomorrow we will see if the statistics change.<\/p>\n

By Bri Groves, Swimming World College Intern<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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