c/legalnews · by BrikoX@lemmy.zip · 2y‘Sexual predator’ teacher found guilty of grooming schoolboys https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/17/sexual-predator-teacher-found-guilty-of-grooming-schoolboys Rebecca Joynes, 30, convicted of engaging in sexual activity with minors while in a position of trust 23 points · 5 comments · view on lemmy.world
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MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Raping.
higgsboson@dubvee.org · 12 pts · 2y
It's absurd, but under law in England and Wales, it isnt "rape" unless it is P-in-V. Hence the Guardian's use of what would seem like a euphemism. It's only "rape" if it is a male who is the perpetrator.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_in_English_law
edit: for clarity
guylacaptivite@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
Didn't she get pregnant though?
higgsboson@dubvee.org · 11 pts · 2y
Sorry, my phrasing was ambiguous. I'll edit it to clarify.
If you visit the link I posted you'd learn that under English law, the rapist has to be the one with a penis. Otherwise it isn't legally rape.
ODuffer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
ODuffer@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
She was never called a paedophile on the news either, women never are.