http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/05/justice/texas-rape-sentence/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

CNN) -- She could have sentenced him to 20 years in prison after he admitted to raping a 14-year-old girl in her high school.

Instead, a Texas judge gave the defendant a 45-day sentence and probation after implying that the victim was promiscuous.

Judge Jeanine Howard told The Dallas Morning News that she based the sentence, in part, on medical records indicating that the girl had had three sexual partners and had given birth.

She told the newspaper that the victim "wasn't the victim she claimed to be" and said the defendant, 20-year-old Sir Young, "is not your typical sex offender."

Ok...flame me if you like...but it doesn't sound like this guy is 100% like the prototypical rapist.

And I really do have to ask...and again flame me all you want...but *if* this girl did lead him on...and did bring him to the brink of the cliff...but then all of a sudden say "no"....how can some of the responsibility not be on her?

I mean really....nobody put a gun to her head and forced her into this whole situation in the first place.

I think the judge is trying to show that the girl has to take responsibility for her actions....one of them being that she made the poor decision to even meet this guy alone somewhere.

Think about that for a minute. They were someplace secluded enough for them to have intercourse....which turned into rape.

I for one don't think, given what I have read so far, that the boy was lying when he said she agreed to meet him for a hook up. Why else would they be in such a place that would allow this kind of thing to happen?

Yes...there are definite instances of rape when the victim is teuly the victim through -zero- fault of their own.

But to knowingly choose to put yourself in a position where it is a possibility of happening....and then claim that you aren't at all responsible in the least for what happened?

Sorry....but that dog don't hunt for me.

And I believe that is what the judge is getting at. In an instance like this, the responsibility should be shared. That there are consequences for actions and choices that we make....and if you don't want to suffer the consequences of poor decision making....then don't make poor decisions.

Just because they are women/girls does not mean that they should get a free pass for poor decision making. Its actually very degrading and flies in the face of all the demands for equality that women have been fighting for over the centuries.

Again...this never would have happened had she not made a poor decision to be in such a place where this guy could have done this.

Just like he never should have made any numher of bad decisions that ultimately led to rape.

There is, in my opinion, blame a plenty to go around in this situation.