My Controversy

Along with almost everyone else who is aware of the developing story, I'm sickened and horrified by the story of Jared Fogle, the former Subway spokesperson.

In July, it came to light that Fogle, a 38 year old man, was accused of paying minors for sex. The girls were ages 16 and 17 at the time that the rapes first occurred. There's that word, rape. That's absolutely what this is. And yet, no one wants to call it that.

Screenshot taken by Boone-Roberts, Morgan on 8/27/2015 via Goshen News.

I knew immediately when I saw this assignment that this was the controversy that I wanted to talk about, I just had to find an article. I found this one from Goshen News, a local newspaper in Indiana. Fogle is from Indianapolis, so it's obvious that local newspapers would be covering this story.

As a feminist and a decent human being, I am outraged that Fogle has not been charged with rape. The prosecution's reason is,"There is no federal statute for rape in this situation that would have applied". As a result, he is only being charged for being in possession of child pornography. And that's exactly the problem.

Surely, there should be a federal law that would apply in this situation. And it's a crime in and of itself that there isn't one. Maybe this case will motivate someone in Washington to propose a new law. Because, without one, this man will spend a minimal amount of time in prison before being released back into the world.