Angelina Thao, 17, a participant in the YO! Youth Outlook media project, shares her views on the recent gang rape of a 15-year-old in Richmond, CA:

If I witnessed a rape, I wouldn't let it happen. It's so sad to know these scary things are happening. I have always hated rape. When I was little, I saw a movie with rape as part of the storyline. Ever since that movie, I became scared of rape, but it never really clicked in that there is such a thing as rape!

I used to know a family friend who couldn't talk. I felt sorry for her cause when would talk to me, I couldn't really understand what she was saying. My mom told me the story behind her disability...

Oscar Servillion, 17, a participant in the YO! Youth Outlook media project, shares his views on the recent gang rape of a 15-year-old in Richmond, CA:

What were these "men" who raped the 15-year-old girl from Richmond doing? They were being "men", the way they are taught by the artists they listen to, trying to copy their role models, rappers.

In our society's ideology, we are told that to be a "man" we have to be, strong, fearless, in control, and my favorite (sarcasm), "men do not cry". Meaning that if you do not follow these rules, you're not a "Man", you're a woman, or anything else -- gay, for one.

This is how females are seen as less of a person than males, and why people of different sexual orientation are mistreated and judged. Society is scared of losing control over people. If they lose control, they're screwed because next thing you know, people start thinking for themselves and questioning everything...