• noride@lemm.ee
    85·
    1 month ago

    allegations of sexual misconduct

    Why do they always misspell rape in these articles?? 🤔

    • BertramDitore@lemm.eeEnglish
      25·
      1 month ago

      Yeah this bugs the hell out of me. A 17 year old is not capable of consenting to sex with an adult. That’s how our laws work. Sex with a minor is by definition rape, so they should absolutely call it what it is: a credible rape allegation.

    • ryathal@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      1 month ago

      Most states don’t have an explicit crime called rape it’s generally called sexual misconduct or sexual assault.