Yes, we in the US treat rape victims as social pariahs….we as a society are getting better but there is still a longer way to go…but I saw this article and had to post it…it is from the BBC:

Offers of help are pouring in for an eight-year-old Liberian girl disowned by her own family in Phoenix, Arizona, after being raped by four boys.

The girl is under the care of the Arizona Child Protective Service (CPS) because her parents said she had shamed them, and they did not want her back.

The boys, Liberian immigrants aged nine to 14, have been charged with rape.

The case has sparked outrage across the US and even drawn condemnation from Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, an outspoken anti-rape campaigner.

Media reports said the girl was lured into a shed on 16 July with promises of chewing gum by the four young boys.

There, they held her down and took turns assaulting her for 10 to 15 minutes, before her screams alerted officers nearby.

The oldest suspect, a 14-year-old boy, will be tried as an adult on charges of kidnapping and sexual assault, police said on Friday. He is being held in police custody until trial.

The other three – aged 9, 10, and 13 – are charged as juveniles with sexual assault and kidnapping.

We read stories like these and make a comment on our society, but do little to stop this type of outrage.  Just what did this young girl do to warrant such crime?  We cannot blame the way she was dressed….or cannot blame her flirting…..we cannot blame….these boys are just sick and should be tried as adults and given a sentence without chance of freedom.