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The law doesn't care what you think. Calling it rape when a male student does it, but not when a female teacher does it is definitely evidence of bias in repor

The law doesn't care what you think. Calling it rape when a male student does it, but not when a female teacher does it is definitely evidence of bias in reporting.

DanBC 11y ago
There is a bias there. The reporting is often disgusting - "hot teachers fuck their students". A small part of the problem is that rape is defined as penetration by a penis. See for example the UK sexual offence act which jas several very serious criminal offences that carry the same penalty. Rape: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/1 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/1 Assault by Penetration: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/2 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/2
- parennoob 11y ago
  > The reporting is often disgusting - "hot teachers fuck their students". I have never seen that sort of wording in mainstream news outlets. Tabloids like the Daily Mail -- possibly. But one thing in common is that they almost never call it rape when the perpetrator is female, which it is in the case I linked (look up CA law on the subject). On the other hand, even when it is an unproven accusation against a male, they freely use the word without even bothering to add "alleged". > A small part of the problem is that rape is defined as penetration by a penis. Apart from the fact that your linked laws are UK ones, and the case I was referring to was CA in the US -- how is this a "small part of the problem"? It is a huge problem if laws literally say that only men can rape. I think some part of this disconnect might be due to the differences between US and UK reporting. I'm guessing UK tabloids sensationalize stuff more but are also more careful about actual allegations due to stricter libel laws, whereas US media is more directly anti-male in its reporting.

The law doesn't care what you think. Calling it rape when a male student does it, but not when a female teacher does it is definitely evidence of bias in reporting.

DanBC 11y ago

There is a bias there. The reporting is often disgusting - "hot teachers fuck their students". A small part of the problem is that rape is defined as penetration by a penis. See for example the UK sexual offence act which jas several very serious criminal offences that carry the same penalty. Rape: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/1 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/1 Assault by Penetration: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/2 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/section/2

parennoob 11y ago
> The reporting is often disgusting - "hot teachers fuck their students". I have never seen that sort of wording in mainstream news outlets. Tabloids like the Daily Mail -- possibly. But one thing in common is that they almost never call it rape when the perpetrator is female, which it is in the case I linked (look up CA law on the subject). On the other hand, even when it is an unproven accusation against a male, they freely use the word without even bothering to add "alleged". > A small part of the problem is that rape is defined as penetration by a penis. Apart from the fact that your linked laws are UK ones, and the case I was referring to was CA in the US -- how is this a "small part of the problem"? It is a huge problem if laws literally say that only men can rape. I think some part of this disconnect might be due to the differences between US and UK reporting. I'm guessing UK tabloids sensationalize stuff more but are also more careful about actual allegations due to stricter libel laws, whereas US media is more directly anti-male in its reporting.