The Cardi B incident

Often in the media we come across stories of big male celebrities being accused of sexual assault and other crimes after videos or images resurface, however it makes no difference if the evidence shown is years old, they will potentially ruin their lives and careers- rightfully so if the evidence proves that they are in fact guilty.

Recently a story came to light about the 26-year-old rapper, Cardi B was faced with a lot of backlash from a video she made over three years ago. The video was her admitting to drugging men and robbing them, although it isn’t sexual assault it is still a crime nonetheless which has seemed to have gone overlooked.

Her defence was “she needed to make a living” but if the roles had been reversed and it was in fact a man who had drugged and robbed women because of that reason, their careers and lavish lifestyle would be ripped from their grasp and they would be thrown in jail and shamed. Once again, rightfully so as I had said- it is still a crime, a punishable one at that. But my point is that as it is a women who has been known for a rough past, after she was confirmed to have worked as a stripper to earn money before going into rap, that should not excuse the fact she has drugged and robbed men.

A lot of women ranted on twitter saying things such as “if the men didn’t want to be robbed they shouldn’t have worn such clothing” and so on, which I understand the point they are trying to make as many women who are sexually abused get blamed, however I feel as though people are not seeing the serious matter at hand and deciding to fight fire with fire, making the situation a competition.

Cardi also said “I never claim to be perfect or come from a perfect world with a perfect past, I speak the truth” which I personally feel as though she is trying to justify her actions by earning her adoring fans sympathy, which is exactly what she got as nobody has spoken up about it since it first resurfaced and that to me is quite sad to think people think so little of it. Imagine if it was a lot more serious and she had sexually assaulted them, would people still be turning the tables and saying “well men do the same thing” or just dusting it under the rug?