A critical analysis of the Book
"Although she was disabled, she was as responsive as the youngmen were to the culture of Glen Ridge." (Lefkowitz: 9) Leslie Faber, her real name concealed for privacy, was a seventeen year old mentally challenged female who was coerced into the basement of the Scherzer house where she was promised that her 'dream date' Paul Archer would be waiting for her. Having grown up in the town of Glen Ridge, Leslie had previous social relations with the boys who were in the basement. All of the boys were quite familiar with her mental disability that allowed her to be easily coerced and manipulated. Despite the fact that the Scherzer's grandmother was upstairs, or that six of the thirteen boys left when the assault on Leslie first began, Kyle and Kevin Scherzer, Chris and Paul Archer, Bryant Grober, Peter Quigley, and Richard Corcoran continued with their rape of Leslie Faber. Directly after the attack, the boys told Leslie that she must keep the incident a secret with threats that they would no longer be her friend, she would be kicked out of school, and that her mother would be mad at her. "We'll be mad at you if you talk about this, you'll get kicked out of your school, we'll tell your mother if you break our secr
As Greg Malszecki, an expert at York University who studies the culture of male violence points out, it is by no surprise that women take more precautions against violence than men do, since the majority of attackers are men, especially when the victim is a woman. The community greatly glorified athletics, specifically the sports that involved males. Moreover, another teacher overheard Charles Figueroa, a senior student, in a conversation with a friend regarding the rape. This committee would look into the grades or alleged misconduct and work closely with the teacher and student. It was believed that she was most capable of dealing with a rape victim. However, regardless of these actions, the boys were never seriously punished. "There was a 'boys-will-be-boys' attitude" among most of the adults in Glen Ridge (Lefkowitz: 63). Critical Evaluation Lefkowitz examines the attitudes and behaviour of the young men involved in the rape, who are referred to as 'jocks' due to their athletic affiliations. Arguably, a lower-class working family member would not have the same available time to give to the council. Therefore, this process would encourage the parents of the town to be proud of their children in various fields of activity. Perhaps because the boys were not part of a dominant sports team, they needed to express their dominance off the field, particularly upon women. Lefkowitz is very adept at providing a great deal of pertinent background information about Glen Ridge itself and detailing the people involved. These sports were some of the most important and prestigious institutions recognized by the town. The school and township should also put more funding into other extra-curricular programs such as art, music, and science. The sports teams in Glen Ridge, by comparison to neighboring townships, were nothing extraordinary, and yet, the community continued to indulge its male athletes almost like religious followers in need of a faith to belong to.
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