Andrew Turner s Sentence Of His Crime Was Unacceptable...

Furthermore, Turner’s sentence of his crime was unacceptable and caused an outrage, as the member of the public criticised Judge Aaron Persky of judicial bias in favour of male privilege and having an elite status (Stack, 2016). Thus, giving a perception of special treatment by the Judge Persky which highlighted Turner’s position as a star athlete and an All-American swimmer in a top university; as well as, his father, Dan Turner believed that his son should have not deserved a long sentence because, he has no previous criminal history. Dan Turner also claimed that his son was not being himself and was mentally unstable for what he had to go through during the trial. The Judge Persky stated that a longer sentence would have had severe impact on Turner (Vaidyanathan, 2016). Therefore, in relation to a feminist perspective within this case, it is expected that in a patriarchal society that men are frequently holding the position of social, legal and institutional dominanc y and power over women. Thus, being able to be positioned to withhold major benefits from women who rejects them sexual access; moreover, to threatening penalties and harm (Whisnant, 2013). It does not matter about what class you are from; a crime is still crime and rape is by far the worst crime an individual should go through. The fact that Turner’s father said that he did not deserve a longer sentence is despicable. Alcohol consumption may be a factor of how rape can occur, but it is not the reason or