{"id":24066,"date":"2026-10-23T09:55:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=24066"},"modified":"2026-10-23T09:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:55:32","slug":"keep-your-hands-feet-and-objects-to-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2026\/10\/23\/keep-your-hands-feet-and-objects-to-yourself\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep your hands, feet, and objects to yourself."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

That saying is engraved in my mind from elementary school. Whenever somebody was rough-housing a little too hard and tears rolled in, the teacher would yell that across the room. Personally, I took that seriously (and still do). If I don\u2019t know you, don\u2019t touch me. But recently, I\u2019ve been wondering… why can\u2019t people understand that phrase?<\/span><\/p>\n

Fair warning, this blog is talking about sexual assault, rape, and mainly what many people refer to as \u201cThe Cornell Seven.\u201d(I HATE that description. It\u2019s too PG for those monsters.) No, I\u2019m not censoring rape. No, I\u2019m not saying \u201cSA\u201d. I am NOT censoring a real problem, and if you have an issue with it, now is the time to click off my blog.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway.<\/p>\n

I discovered what happened by scrolling through TikTok. I stumbled upon a video about a Jane Doe with a lack of context, so I assumed that they were referring to the creepypasta. More videos popped up about Cornell University\u2014a college I <\/span>considered <\/span><\/i>applying to\u2014and a Jane Doe. A small feeling within told me to look up what had TikTok in an uproar about recently.<\/span><\/p>\n

To put it simply, seven boys, part of a fraternity, raped a young woman whose identity is unknown. I am not prone to being extremely emotional, but I actually teared up when I found out what took place. My tears began to dry up and were replaced with a burning rage soon after. The comment sections were divided between those who I believe have common sense and empathy versus those who lack both characteristics.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShE ShOuLdN’t HaVe BeEn DrInKiNg,\u201d as if that could have kept her safe anyways. I\u2019m not saying that she was <\/span>destined<\/span><\/i> to be gang raped, but what I am saying is that as a society, we need to stop blaming the victim and persecute the predator. Alcohol and drug use are not consent, nor does it evoke thoughts of harming someone else. In my opinion, if you did something outrageous while under the influence, you thought about doing it while sober (“drunk actions are sober thoughts”).<\/span><\/p>\n

This situation becomes even more insane because the \u201cCornell Seven,\u201d as some people call it, has FIFTY-SEVEN other men who are guilty. The other fifty men didn\u2019t rape her, but they let it happen. In a group chat, inappropriate phrases were thrown around to describe her, and the fifty people either ignored it or laughed at it. And you wanna know what Cornell University did? They made her rapists write essays as a punishment. ESSAYS. I write essays and poems and novellas and novels for FUN. They also forced Jane to continue her classes in person, where she would see them every\u2026 single\u2026 day. If that ain\u2019t torture, then I don\u2019t know what is.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is why many women\u2014like myself\u2014are wary around men. Why girls find completely different routes to walk home on, why we give people our live location, and why we say \u201ctext me when you get home.\u201d Too many stories like this go viral, and when they do, predators tend to defend predators out in the open.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHe has a bright future, don\u2019t ruin it for him.\u201d SCREW HIM AND HIS FUTURE AND YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Some people are also insane or stupid enough to try to figure out who Jane Doe is. First of all, that is heavily illegal; second of all, that is extremely creepy; third of all, that is so DUMB!!!!!!!!!!!! Almost every woman you pass by IS Jane Doe. One in THREE women will experience some form of sexual assault or even rape at least once in their life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Again, this is why I say, as a society, we MUST hold these monsters accountable. Too many people are comfortable with defending a rapist and uncomfortable when the victim speaks out. And the worst part is it could happen at any time. Infants, elderly, teenagers\u2014it doesn\u2019t matter. Nobody is exempt, and sometimes it feels like no one cares.<\/span><\/p>\n

No, I don\u2019t have a call to action. No, I don\u2019t have any advice. I just wanted to air out my feelings about this whole disaster. I know this blog might be a bit much to some readers; I tried my best to contain my rage and keep it \u201cschool appropriate.”
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I do pray for Jane Doe to find peace and to be safe as she sues and hopefully wins. Screw Cornell, screw the justice system, and screw all fifty-seven of those men. Matthew Ingalls, Diego Sarabia, Winston Lee, Scott Kretzschmar, Scott Norris, Gillio Lopes, and Jonathan Newell need to be held accountable.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

That saying is engraved in my mind from elementary school. Whenever somebody was rough-housing a little too hard and tears rolled in, the teacher would yell that across the room. Personally, I took that seriously (and still do). If I don\u2019t know you, don\u2019t touch me. But recently, I\u2019ve been wondering… why can\u2019t people understand … Continue reading “Keep your hands, feet, and objects to yourself.”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24066"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24066"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24123,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24066\/revisions\/24123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}