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Why are these women not called rapists?!
There's a fundamental change that needs to take place for women who commit sex crimes.
They get let off, the victims are not fully believed or supported in the same way a woman would be, and the media reports it almost like "what a lucky kid" rather than a person in a position of authority taking advantage of a child. If the genders were swapped there would be an angry mob outside.
The media often phrases things this way, regardless of gender.
https://poststar.com/cops-man-had-sex-with-underage-girl/article_9e33090e-647a-5df7-ad59-381c15ec74f9.html
https://www.advocate.com/crime/2022/2/15/ex-dc-police-officer-charged-having-sex-16-year-old-boy
https://abc13.com/archive/8449928/
https://www.vicnews.com/news/man-sentenced-to-18-months-jail-time-for-sex-with-minor-on-vancouver-island-42544
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/vt-man-pleads-guilty-to-traveling-to-ny-for-sex-with-minor/ar-AA1fpCb0
I can find many, many examples of men and rape in the title.
Can’t find any for women.
Also telling that half of those are police officers getting the privilege of the “nice” wording.
You're not looking very hard.
https://www.irontontribune.com/2022/07/26/portsmouth-woman-charged-with-rape-and-kidnapping/
https://www.abc4.com/news/local-news/woman-charged-with-felony-rape-sodomy-for-sexually-abusing-two-13-year-old-boys/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chantae-gilman-woman-rapes-man-seattle_n_5824456
https://www.cps.gov.uk/mersey-cheshire/news/woman-jailed-life-rape-and-sexual-abuse-young-girl
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/02/23/tennessee-woman-charged-statutory-rape-high-school-students/6914454001/
How about we turn this around a bit; what if we didn't round all sexual misconduct up to violent sexual assault?
Yes statutory sexual violations are a crime, yes having sex with someone who's too drunk to consent is a crime, but they aren't the same crime as violent sexual assault in the same way that manslaughter isn't premeditated murder.
The first thing that comes to mind is Brock Turner. He raped an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. To you does that fall under "violent rape" or "having sex with someone too drunk to consent"? In my view it's both. The violence is inherent in the act of being violated. People need to err on the side of consent or accept the risk of being called a rapist.