http://www.care2.com/causes/womens-rights/blog/woman-raped-in-broad-daylight/TRIGGER WARNING: According to the Toledo Blade, last week, fifteen year old Anferney Fontenet allegedly raped a woman on a busy street of Toledo at 2:30 in the afternoon as cars drove right past them. The boy confessed hours after his arrest. The victim is a 26 year old women and lives in a nearby group home where she is treated for a form of autism. Fontenet, who was only six blocks from his own home, allegedly threatened his victim with a pair of scissors.
Several witnesses drove by but did not stop. According to the police, the witnesses may not have fully comprehended what they saw. One woman called 911 and reported either a rape or someone "taking advantage." At least one other witness returned to the scene and was able to give police a description of the rapist.
It is convenient for us to think of rape as something that happens in dark, deserted alleys or on drunken dates gone bad. But that is just not that case. According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, (RAINN) someone is sexually assaulted in the United States every two minutes. One in six women will be sexually assaulted in their lifetime.
Late last year, a high school girl was gang raped outside a school dance while a large group of people watched. And last week, a teenage boy was brazen enough to rape a woman in broad daylight on the side of a well-travelled road. These incidents are shocking on their own. They become even more horrific when examined together. In both cases, at least some of the alleged rapists were high school aged.
Many college campuses have incorporated rape prevention programs into their curriculum. It's time that our nation's high schools do the same.
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