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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m not very surprised that a teacher raped a student. I AM surprised (and glad) that she was dumb enough to talk about it TO ANOTHER TEACHER.

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[–] [email protected] 105 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Always the same wording when the rapist is a woman...

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

For people that are downvoting, this entire bit in South Park was to make fun of the double standard whenever a man commits statutory rape vs when a woman does it

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Blows my mind every time it's some young, attractive woman.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She’ll probably just use the Mel Gibson defense.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Idk man...if she's truly an alcoholic...she may be the victim here.

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[–] [email protected] 250 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's an interesting way of saying statutory rape.

[–] [email protected] 140 points 1 week ago (5 children)

its kinda gross how far the media will go to not use the word rape... especially in this context

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

They’re not lawyers, though… they’re reporters.

They’re just reporting what the prosecutors accused the person of and if the prosecutor didn’t use the term “statutory rape” then the reporters probably shouldn’t either.

They don’t want to get the reporting wrong if they aren’t experts on the subject and even more so the don’t want to expose themselves to lawsuits if they do get the reporting wrong.

I really don’t think the reporters are trying to minimize the heinousness of the crime (at least not in this case). It looks more like they are just being conservative in what they state.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

also; reporters dont write headlines

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

That’s true but the same issue applies to both the article (which doesn’t use the term “statutory rape”), and the editor (who likely doesn’t have any legal expertise).

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 week ago (32 children)

Might be a power thing, but what adult woman wants an inexperienced 16 year old?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

Insecurity. "Yep I've still got it!"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

I was the 16 year old once, it's a lot of things, but mostly I think it was the power trip for her.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Easier to train.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Enthusiasm can often beat experience.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

😱 How does this still happen in this day and age?

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Because pedophilia still exists.

And a 16 year old boy will say yes to pretty much anything sexual, hence why this woman ~~exploited a minor~~ nah, not sugar coating. This woman used a position of authority to rape a child.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Also. The teacher profession is all but dead in America. A lot of people that would be bad for students get weeded out through years of education and training. Most school districts are luck if they have more than 50% of their teachers educated/trained. The rest are individuals who could pass a background check. Poor areas, are under 30%. Just because someone can pass a background check doesn't mean they should be around minors. But schools have no other option.

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