although the girl was not old enough to legally give consent.

You have never lived in an inner-city where young black boys are arrested for being in the wrong place at the wrong time after having not committed any crime more than being a “bystander getting pinched”. Trust me, friend, this has been happening to young black boys faithfully by our wonderful police state since 1776.

You can absolutely vilify them for their actions, but you’re clearly very biased. The suggestion was “don’t let your biases control your words”, to which you replied “fuck you, I do what I want.”

I agree with you! We’re reading these articles with our grownup brains at our grownup jobs with our grownup life experiences.... This poor girl had experienced way, way too much life craziness that NOONE is ready for, let alone a squishy brain still developing. I’m sure somewhere was a guy thinking, “Wait a tick,…

When i was growing up, most kids in my class were having sex by age 11... Dunno why 18 is suddenly the special age or its just that people dont talk about it but I ASSURE YOU, that most kids around age 12-14 have sex consensually just fine.

What injustice is motivating you to comment? Do you comment with such fervor to defend female victims[.]

Serious question: does anyone know how much we’re doing to educate kids about that, or are we leaving it up to parents and hoping for the best? I work in tech in a creative role and the number of people who have NO FUCKING CLUE about copyright issues, which is a common concern for us, is just hair-tearingly…

Then you’re just an asshole.

Do you think I’m a rapist because I had sex with a 15 yr old when I was 14?

And the male children in question were all aware of this? I expect them to understand that No means No. I don’t expect them to do a deep analysis to see if Yes might actually also mean No.

Unpopular opinion — porn has something to do with it. At least the type of gross straight-cis-het porn so many teenage boys watch. When you couple violent (or borderline violent) and consent-free porn with zero sex education and you get young men who are susceptible to this kind of thinking about sex.

If she said she wants to and they want to why would they choose not to? Why should society expect them to choose not to?

Why do you assume she didn’t want them to have sex with her? It’s literally in the story that this was consensual.

Why do we assume that they know the age of consent? Because other than her age all details suggest that she consented to the extent we should want them to wait for.

How does this back an argument against that. The Rio rape involved a victim who didn’t wish to consent, this involved one who for all the perpetrators would know consented but was underage.

Not saying this isn’t a tragedy and all, but he’s 16. The general consensus is that it was consensual. There shouldn’t have been an arrest here. 16 year olds fuck 15 year olds (and younger) every day and it’s perfectly normal and healthy, though this clearly is not one of those cases due to the backstory of the female…

I’m gonna ask.

...“The sex has been broadly described as consensual”...

The “news” is now running with the “story” that the kid’s father—WHO WAS NOT AT THE FUCKING GOD DAMNED ZOO ANYWAY—has a “criminal record.”

I completely understand that and do sincerely hope that the girl gets help for her issues and for her future.