Here’s the thing. With children (and even with adults because some people are indeed incapacitated or paralyzed in fright) being forced doesn’t necessarily mean some sort of physical threat or force needs to be used. The mere dynamic of adult vs. child is the force itself. I started being sexually abused at 3 or 4…
Don't go there Laura!
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A 12 year old may imitate adult behavior, or a child may learn over-sexualized behavior as a result of repeated sexual abuse. That should not be confused with mature sexual desire.
A twelve year old cannot consent on a plane, a twelve year old cannot consent on a train. A twelve year old cannot consent at a fair, a twelve year old cannot consent ANYWHERE.
It’s like saying that Jamie Bulger, who was a toddler and walked off with those two kids in England asked for his head to be smashed in. Because you know, he was willing to walk off with those two boys who killed hiM.
He could have just said that the child was lured into the bathroom. So that we knew it wasn't a violent abduction. Instead he said the 12 yo is a slutty slut who wanted it. Fuck that guy.
THIS. I swear to God. I was sexually assaulted at 14 BY ANOTHER 14 YEAR OLD, and I wasn’t “pinned down.” I was coerced and was digitally penetrated, and he tried to force me to give him oral sex. I went along with a lot of it because I was too afraid to do anything else. That doesn’t mean I consented.
Child victims of sexual molestation or rape may not appear to object, because they do not understand what is happening to them, and just go along with whatever the adult wants. That's not consent, that's waiting for things to be over.
Twelve year olds can’t consent.
It’s firmly black and white in the eyes of the law and this was a representative of the police force making a statement that mitigates the actions of the assailant. The officer doesn’t even need to have an opinion, let alone vocalize it in this case.
She can’t consent. The law says that very clearly. Doesn’t matter how old someone looks, if they cannot legally consent, it is rape. We don’t know how exactly it went down (and I frankly don’t want to), but those are the bare facts. The fact that this police officer is being an apologist makes him nearly as bad as the…
Even if she looked older and said she was 19, it doesn’t matter. Statutory rape is a strict liability crime. He’s guilty either way because she cannot legally consent to having sex with him.
She did not consent. She is a child, the age of consent is 17 and she is 12. Therefore, no consent.
Rihanna’s singing aside (we’ve known forever she was not a vocalist so not surprises there) this kid’s performance reminded me why I stopped watching The Voice. Bad pitch drives me UP A WALL. Literally watched the whole video cringing. Can people not hear themselves when they sing under notes instead of over them?
Ugh, had to go listen to the original just to get both covers out of my head. You cannot fake the emotion in that song. It is not about nailing the delivery. I mean, Winehouse certainly had star quality. But her music was impactful because it felt like she meant it. Rhianna’s coaching, and the end product, were about…
Nope! Nope, nope, absolutely not. I was cringing the whole time she went for that note.
There are certain artists whose songs should never be covered. Amy Winehouse is one of them.
I don’t know why contestants on these shows choose songs by the likes of Amy, Celine, Whitney, Adele etc. At best, they’ll sound like a pastiche; at worst they’ll sound like a cat having an impromptu hysterectomy.
It’s kinda ironic that Rihanna is coaching contestants when she would never make it past the blind auditions herself.