My main focus in this blog post will be Sam Pepper and his latest disgusting, unacceptable, discriminating, vile video. In this video he sexually assaults random girls on the busy street in public by getting physically close to them and then touching their bums. This is plain and simply illegal and he should be instantly charged for his cruel, insensitive behaviour however because it's meant to be a prank he thinks this is funny and even acceptable, normal behaviour for him to be doing. It's a very short video only showing a few girls he has victimized but we don't know how many girls he did this to in total. The reality is what if some of these girls were 16 or even 14, Sam Pepper could get into even bigger, serious trouble. It wouldn't be just sexual assault but it would be sexually harassing/assaulting girls under age who are extremely vulnerable. He could even be seen as a paedophile. Is extra money for a creator and more fame worth this sordid, filthy, disgusting reputation?
Not only does Sam Pepper evidently finds his behaviour funny and normal he keeps going with the harassment when the victims flinch to get away from Sam and their body language tells Sam they do not accept this behaviour. The first girl that's shown on camera even states that she does not like it but he keeps on laughing and ignores her completely. I have read comments that say "They were laughing, they obviously liked it." however you don't understand that's just a coping mechanism, that's what people do when they're nervous or even scared. They don't want to make a scene in just a public environment that they feel this is the only way they can react. I'm sure the girls he didn't put into his video reacted in a different way such as telling him to fuck off or raising their voices to him because he wouldn't put that into his video because it wouldn't be 'funny' then. Funny being socially acceptable and Sam still having the power.
The things Sam and the people defending this horrific video don't realise is that what if this was your Mum, sister, girlfriend or a female friend or family member you care deeply about that he was sexually assaulting? Would it be funny then? Would you still be defending this behaviour? Ans girls who are defending this video, what if your son that you raised up starting thinking this behaviour was acceptable and taking part in such disgusting pranks, would you be proud of them? Would you accept the fact you raised them up to think that behaviour like this is acceptable? What if they took it further? Such a video can have extremely dangerous, traumatic consequences and it pains me to say that a lot of people think this behaviour is acceptable, men and women.
It didn't just start at this one video, Sam has done a stream of videos linked into harassment or assault of this type such as pressuring girls to make out with him or hand cuffing girls to him, things that may seem harmless at first but have serious consequences that people don't realise. By making this behaviour seem normal it only leads to worse crimes becoming normalized such as rape and sexual violence in general. In these videos Sam treats women as sexual objects to make fun of giving them no respect to what they want whatsoever. This is seen as entertainment to him and a way of getting a lot of money and popularity.
Behaviour like this on the internet utterly scares me in a way nothing else can. At the moment 1 out of 6 young women are sexually assaulted which is already a sickening amount but the worse thing is video's like this only encourages it to happen more often. What if it ends up even higher at 1 out of 4? That is literally 4 or 5 girls out of your class. Sexual assault is traumatic and something no one can get over ever in their life time. To think this many young women have to go through such a harmful experience breaks my heart, it makes me sick to the core with anger.
A prank is meant to be something harmless but funny, something everyone can laugh and have a joke at, not committing a crime that can cause serious pain and distress to an individual. Actions like these are not pranks and are far from the definition of a prank.
All i can suggest is that we educate ourselves before condoning such alarming behaviour and realise women are not sexual objects to make a joke out of. We can be strong, sensitive and independent. It's not about gender it's about respecting each other as human beings. We all have feelings so lets act that way. Everyone should always aspire to be open minded, educated and kind to each other.
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