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Because rape isn�t rape if a 12yo �consents�
Wednesday 27 August 2008 � 1 Comment

A 24 year old man �had sex� with a 12 year old girl. He got a sentence of 2 years and 10 months, but it has been suspended.

Why? Because the child �was an enthusiastic participant in the relationship.� That�s according to the judge.

Perhaps it�s worth reminding m�lud about the law. Children.Can�t.Consent. That makes it rape. No ifs, not buts, no maybes, no excuses.

Since when is a suspended sentence appropriate when a grown man has raped a child?

Sadly, the trope is all too familiar.

And a note to the media. It�s not sex. It�s rape. Another all too familiar trope.

Update: Hoyden about Town posts on the same horrible sotry, and links to the Adelaide Advertiser article, where the word �rape� is never mentioned at all.

It seems the man was �immature� and sexually inexperienced. Read - he wasn�t getting any. Clearly, that meant he was entitled to take a 12 year old�s body.

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