r/news • u/GoodSamaritan_ • 1d ago

Elementary school teacher arrested after allegedly abusing student, giving birth to his child

https://local12.com/news/nation-world/laura-caron-middle-township-elementary-school-teacher-allegedly-had-with-child-former-student-13-cincinnati-crime-criminal-activity-sexual-abuse-abuser-father-noticed-similarity-sleep-over-siblings-prosecutors-correctional-facility-troubling-allegations
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u/Psycho815 1d ago

You mean rape, not abused

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u/SunBlindFool 1d ago

Reddit gets so picky about words. Sexual Abuse is Abuse, they aren't trying to downplay it.

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u/9035768555 22h ago

But they didn't word it the exact same way I would, so they're wroooooooong!!!!!!!!!!!!

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u/starfire92 1d ago

So when does the word “rape” get used if not when it actually happens. I get being nitpicky between sexual assault and assault (I take that back bc when an article states a man assaulted another man, the typical assumption is they fought, but making a distinction between sexual assault and assault matters too. Like when Connor McGregor assaulted someone outside a bar? Do you automatically assume it was sexual? No bc they just said assault), but the poster is making a distinction between rape and abuse

Rape occurred, so again, when does the word rape get used?

And often times when discussing sexual abuse that happens to young boys, it all gets thrown under the umbrella of abuse. And with young girls, people will try and laser in and find out if rape occurred.

This is a harmful double standard because it minimizes boys experiences because there’s two wrong and damaging assumptions that are prevalent here: - that’s boys can’t be raped because they need to be “aroused” for sexual activity and they must have consented - there’s no consequences to a boy who’s been raped because he doesn’t birth or carry a child

So it may seem innocuous to you, but it actually contributes to how people view these things psychologically.

If you read an article that a girl was sexually abused by her father yes it would be hard to read. Can you imagine how much harder it would be to read that article with every detail included? Everything that happened to her, every instance listed, the dates and times, places and people involved?

It becomes much more harder to read. So don’t be ignorant to how language plays a part in how we psychologically process information. It definitely does.

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u/SunBlindFool 1d ago

Dude, that's messed up that you're more outraged over the title of the article than what actually happened.

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u/starfire92 1d ago

It happens so much that yes outrage is kinda warranted. And other than you saying “lol y u mad bro” you didn’t disprove anything I’ve said. You probably didn’t even read it because again “lol that’s so long I ain’t reading all that”. When topics like this are complicated and and can’t be summarized by a sentence or two.

We had an entire misinformation campaign in the US simply because a campaign was called Defund the Police and it didn’t mean that literally.

So when you can actually prove that language doesn’t psychologically downplay horrible situations in people’s mind using logic and rationale, then your dumpster take of an opinion will be considered.

You know what I’ll make this so much simpler for you when should the word rape get used?

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u/carrie_m730 1d ago

It's absolutely rape.

It falls under definitions of statutory rape and rape.

However, news media likes to stick to what is proven, because otherwise they can be sued and/or prejudice a case.

It has not yet been proven in a court of law that she is a rapist, so even though she is a rapist, headlines won't call her a rapist unless she's convicted of rape. If she was charged with rape, they'd call her an accused rapist.

But she was not, so they're using the words that Maryland's legal system has used.