An emotional mother is calling out the system that let down her daughter after she claims her little girl’s baby-faced rapist was given a light sentence because of his appearance.
An emotional mother is calling out the system that let down her daughter after she claims her little girl’s baby-faced rapist was given a light sentence because of his appearance.
The headline is burying the lead a bit by not saying that the girl was twelve when she was raped. It is not some kid that didn’t understand consent properly. It is a proper predator that groomed a child online and raped her.
Excellent point.
It’s “burying the lede” though.
wtf is a lede?
I understand the point you’re trying to make, but it could have been made without this
victim blaming bullshit.
Rape victims, especially those who reached court (which is almost none, so if they have it means it’s a strong case) no matter their age, are not “kids who don’t understand about consent”.
I think the sentence is referring to the rapist, not the victim (in other words it wasn’t some 18 year old who was with his 17 year old girlfriend)
Ok, so it isn’t victim blaming, it’s excuse making - rape is rape, not, again, “kids who don’t understand about consent”.
That comment is 100% unnecessary, and however you look at it, all it is is minimizing what rape is.