The town of Glenridge is at the surface not any different than any other surburban American town. Like most towns it has its "cliques" and the "jocks" are at the pinnacle of the town. Idolized by the students and a sourse of pride for the entire town, however the Glenridge boys were not like most high school athletes. The "Jock clique" formed at a very early age,and invaded their surroundings taking over where ever they went, whether it be school, games or around town, protected by the "boys will be boys" attitude held by the rest of the town.

The boys started showing signs of beligerance as early as elementary school, with a common ignorance fo

The Leslie Faber rape took place in the Scherzer's basementon the afternoon of March 1, 1989. During the trial the defence attorneys did everything they could to try and potray that Leslie faber was a willing participant and actually enjoyed, if not the acts performed, her inclusion to the "cool group". The defence portrayed Leslie as a "Lolita"(p. 362) and that her seduction was to great for the boys reject. They even mentioned the fact that "we're talking about sixteen year-old boys with hard-ons, what weree they supposed to do when faced with overt female sexuality?" (p. 212)

Through out the trial the defence council openly manipulated Leslie every way they could have. They attempted to confuse her and make her contradict herself, hoping perhaps, to make it seem as though she was making the story up. Their efforts however, only made the prosecutions case stronger by showing how vulnerable and eager to please Leslie really was. Through the entirety of her testimony, Leslie trade sides and versions of her story to suit whom she wanted to please. This allowed the jury to see the real Leslie, her true personality, moreover the jury was able to definitively conclude that she was unable to refuse the sexual advancements of the defendants.

Glenridges attitude towards women was very outdated. Women were regarded as mothers and wives, their jobs weere to make the men of the town happy. They were treated as objects and rarely held positions of authority-there were not any women mentors, therefore everyone lokked up to their fathers and saw that men were the supreme beings. Most of the boys did not even have any female influences other than their mothers; infact only two of the boys involved had sisters, Bryan Grober and Phil Grant. Thes boys were raised in dressing rooms by males and taught to respect the institute and brotherhood of a team. That if they respected their sacred bond they could do anything. Nothing was more important than the team or eachother.

This book shows that the community is to blame when tragedies like these occur, and that if it happened in Glen ridge, what is to stop it from happe

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Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)