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Its only rape if the victims a girl? – Broadsheet – Salon.com

March 21st, 2009 Comments off

Interesting article by Kate Harding on Salon.com regarding two separate Wisconsin cases of underage sex that resulted in charges against perpetrators – one male, and one female – with vastly different consequences. The author quotes from an article on The Daily Beast which calls into question the imbalance in the culture – and by extension the criminal justice system – in the way in which we view male vs. female perpetration. Both articles are thought-provoking reads…

Its only rape if the victims a girl? – Broadsheet – Salon.com.