BrikoXM to Legal NewsEnglish · 6 months ago‘Sexual predator’ teacher found guilty of grooming schoolboyswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down15file-text
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Rebecca Joynes, 30, convicted of engaging in sexual activity with minors while in a position of trust
minus-squarehiggsboson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-26 months agoIt’s absurd, but under law in England and Wales, it isnt “rape” unless it is P-in-V. Hence the Guardian’s use of what would seem like a euphemism. It’s only “rape” if it is a male who is the perpetrator. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_English_law edit: for clarity
minus-squareguylacaptivite@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoDidn’t she get pregnant though?
minus-squarehiggsboson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-26 months agoSorry, my phrasing was ambiguous. I’ll edit it to clarify. If you visit the link I posted you’d learn that under English law, the rapist has to be the one with a penis. Otherwise it isn’t legally rape.
minus-squareODuffer @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoShe was never called a paedophile on the news either, women never are.
Raping.
It’s absurd, but under law in England and Wales, it isnt “rape” unless it is P-in-V. Hence the Guardian’s use of what would seem like a euphemism. It’s only “rape” if it is a male who is the perpetrator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_English_law
edit: for clarity
Didn’t she get pregnant though?
Sorry, my phrasing was ambiguous. I’ll edit it to clarify.
If you visit the link I posted you’d learn that under English law, the rapist has to be the one with a penis. Otherwise it isn’t legally rape.
She was never called a paedophile on the news either, women never are.
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