I can definitely see where you're coming from. He repeatedly raped a mentally unstable 16 yr old and no one gives a shit because, like that headline says, we're either "good girls or monsters".

I don't care if you all hate me but, as a gay male, I totally disagree with all the hate being thrown her way. She disagrees. OK. She doesn't say it should be illegal. She doesn't say it's destroying America. She doesn't say gay people should change. She says she doesn't agree that it's a choice and she doesn't think…

16 year old girls aren't women, no matter how religiously a guy memorizes age of consent laws by state (doesn't make you look like a pedo at all btw)

Cat cafe! My friend visited one in Japan and said it was weird, but amazing. It'd be cool if they were shelter cats or something and people could contact the shelter to adopt one if they bonded with a fuzzy.

I admire laws like New Jersey's, which set the age of consent for relationships within a certain age boundary (I think after 16 it's anyone up to 4 years older) and then anyone at 18. They don't end up putting Romeo and Juliet in prison, they don't infringe on the rights of adults, but they protect teenagers from…

It's mind-blowing to me that people think that a 16-year-old is able to be in a truly consensual relationship with a 43-year-old. They can barely be in consensual relationships with other 16-year-olds.

I'm a 17 year old girl, and I've seen this happen, so let me tell you something right now. This was not consensual. This was rape. End of story. So shut up about "she consented! And her mom!" Because there's a lot of men and women who should be in jail for what they've done to people my age, and one reason they aren't…

Innocent until proven guilty only applies to rapists.

And needless to say, guys, we're getting trolled by dudes like EstebanLoco, who's deploying the good old "unreasonable/emotional/hysterical/ angry woman" trope.

"There must be....." Your faith in law enforcement is not justified. You start from there and it fatally skews your view of the case.

A teenage girl is raped by a man in his 40s and you reserve the right to feel sympathy for her. Wow, you're a real sweetheart.

Why are you even talking about how "love can make you do some really messed up things and really mess up your mind"? Manipulation, neglect, youth, and sexual abuse can make you do some really messed up things. I'm not sure where love comes into the equation here.

What are you talking about? I have incredible sympathy for this girl, but no part of this story is about love. I honestly hope she's tried as a minor, and I hope she gets no jail time and lots of help and support.

fact she killed a man, who should not have been having sex with her. fact she is a child, and they are going to try her as adult. on those facts, i say they should try her as a juvenile. no need for a back story. FACTS, they should mean more than they do. and i never said not guilty. i said she is not an adult.

Good Girl or Monster? Seriously? SERIOUSLY?!?!

Agreed. It makes me queasy whenever I see designers doing this for runway shows. It's dehumanizing for the models.

The trolls y'all. Don't feed 'em.

What more back story do you need?

Funny how it's always "love" when it's a man abusing women——and doubly so when it's a teenaged girl, because there's nothing like slut shaming teenaged girls. Never boys——only girls.

....and if she'd been a teenaged boy who murdered an adult woman, guess who'd be the bad guy? Guess whose sexualty would be breathlessly deconstructed for every salacious detail?