By now, you’ve probably heard that the two accused rapists in the Steubenville, Ohio case, Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond, were found guilty. And you’ve probably also heard that Mays and Richmond, two once-promising football players and good students and popular dudes, were devastated to be found guilty of sexual assault. You may have heard that they cried in court, and about how devastating it is that their lives are dubbed “over.”

Someone call 911, because we need a wahmbulance.

You may have also heard that the two resident convicted Steubenville rapists didn’t think what they were doing was really rape because it wasn’t violent.

Hold up. Wait a minute. Let me put some knowledge in it.

Are they missing the point that not only didn’t the Steubenville rape victim not give consent, but that if she was in and out of consciousness, she couldn’t have put up much of a fight to begin with?

When witnesses said that the girl was so drunk that she didn’t know what was going on, not much physical force would have been necessary to rape her. And let’s be clear: That’s what Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond did. Whether or not they had to physically pin her down or use force, they still forced her into sexual acts with them because she was far too impaired to defend herself, leave or make any good judgments or decisions on her own–including the decision to consent to having sex with either or both of them.

Want to know what constitutes rape and sexual assault? Depending on the exact physical actions:

If someone asks you to do something sexually, and you say no, and they do it anyway, that’s rape or sexual assault.

If someone asks you to do something sexually and you agree, then have second thoughts and say no and they keep doing it anyway, that’s rape or sexual assault.

If someone gets sexual with you and you’re too drunk, high, asleep or otherwise too impaired to say “yes” or “no,” that’s rape or sexual assault.

This girl in Steubenville was clearly a victim.

What’s almost as infuriating is the sympathy that the Steubenville rapists are getting from the media. check out this ridiculous video from CNN, where two female reporters talk about how hard life must be when you’re a star high school football player who assaults drunk girls:

Perhaps the reason everyone is so sad about Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond being sentenced and having to register as sex offenders is because they have names and faces that we know and can see, while the victim, who’s trying to get on her with her life after, you know, being raped.

Sure, Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond may have a hard time getting into college and have to have their neighbors know that sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl who was too out of it to realize what was happening. But they earned that. Whether or not Trent Mays or Ma’lik Richmond meant any harm or malice, they still sexually assaulted a girl and they still bragged about it on social media. The real tragedy and heartbreak here is the rampant slut shaming and victim blaming that his case has brought out. Candy Crowley, I liked you. Why’d you have to do this?

Do you think the Steubenville rape case was indeed rape? Do you think that Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond got what they deserved? Do you think the media is focusing on the wrong victims of the Steubenville rape case? Tell us in the comments!

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