Here's an article

[conuly]

Sex with teenage son gets mom prison

Am I the only one who thinks that headline is a little weird? Her son was fourteen when this happened. I kinda thought that for a grown-up to "have sex" with an underaged child (particularly when we're talking about family members!) that this constituted rape. Maybe it's just me. (Also, from further down in the article... "sex acts occurred"? What, spontaneously and agentless, sex acts just... happened, all by themselves?)

Comments

[cumaeansibyl.livejournal.com]

Wow, I am kind of nerded out by how they managed to construct that sentence in active voice but have it turn out exactly like passive voice. Passive-aggressive voice?

[leora.livejournal.com]

The poor kid... there are so many reasons why what she did was wrong.

[redbird]

I think they're having trouble talking about a male rape victim: that's too often either ignored or treated as half sick joke, half revenge (when the victim is a prisoner). For that matter, the press tries to downplay rape of women and girls as well: the headlines about Polanski rarely use the word "rape," even though he was convicted of raping a thirteen-year-old.

[ksol1460.livejournal.com]

Not too long ago a correspondent of ours told us he'd been flat out told by his therapist that boys are never sexually abused.

[conuly]

How exactly would that work, now?

[conuly]

For that matter, the press tries to downplay rape of women and girls as well

Well, you know, unless it's a stranger with a knife and a loaded dark alley, it doesn't count. For anybody, apparently.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

Boys are sex crazed little demons. Even the young ones. Obviously, they both wanted and liked it. Thus, not abuse!!


Wait, what do you mean that's a load of bullshit?!