[supernoodles!]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

"Mr Reeds said the teenager suffered from low-esteem and often boys were not interested in her. 'According to her friend, Ashleigh was interested in boys but they, generally, were not interested in her,' Mr Reeds said.
'She is thought to have had low self-esteem and friends thought if a male did show her attention she would likely be flattered by it.'
Mr Reeds said that, after Chapman first made contact with Ashleigh on Facebook, they began using another social network site called Tagged.com or the online messaging service Microsoft Windows Live Messenger, known as MSN."

She sought male attention online, where she could not be seen and she was preyed upon. He lured her with attention, attention that she was starved of because she was fat. She took risks because she had to because she was fat. She put herself in danger for attention, she had to because she was fat.

if she was not fat and was happy with how she looked do you seriously think this would have happened to her?

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0hbSPuXvj

I do yes!It is a possiblity!Just because your a skinny girl doesn`t mean you automatically get attention from the opposite sex,feel confident and have confidence.There will be many girls out there like Ashleigh who would have found satisfaction from the attention this sicko gave her and won`t be du to their size.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by supernoodles!

I do yes!It is a possiblity!Just because your a skinny girl doesn`t mean you automatically get attention from the opposite sex,feel confident and have confidence.There will be many girls out there like Ashleigh who would have found satisfaction from the attention this sicko gave her and won`t be du to their size.

Well this is the debate. I would disagree and suggest that her weight played a crucial role here.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Well this is the debate. I would disagree and suggest that her weight played a crucial role here.

Whether it did or it didn't is irrelevant, I mean there are plenty of girls who get raped because they're very attractive, should they make themselves unattractive in case they get raped because of it?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Niamhxo

Whether it did or it didn't is irrelevant, I mean there are plenty of girls who get raped because they're very attractive, should they make themselves unattractive in case they get raped because of it?

You are missing 2 crucial distinctions.

1. the age of the victim

2. the method by which the perp gained access and trust of victim

This is not just a random attack rape, that is what you seem to be alluding to.

The lawyer made the case regarding her low-self esteem/weight for a good reason.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

You are missing 2 crucial distinctions.

1. the age of the victim

2. the method by which the perp gained access and trust of victim

This is not just a random attack rape, that is what you seem to be alluding to.

The lawyer made the case regarding her low-self esteem/weight for a good reason.

People can become easy targets for a number of reasons LT, because they're over weight, because they're young, because they're too trusting or naive, because they're not very good looking etc. that still does not make them to blame or at fault in any way, shape or form