As soon as I read the first paragraph of this story, I assumed the judge was a man.
Liam Edgecombe, from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, was given a conditional discharge by the judge, saying he could see why he thought the girl was 16. (emphasis added)
And I was right.
Mr Justice Roderick Evans, at Swansea Crown Court, said the girl "was looking for a man and got what she wanted".
So let's see; 10 year old girl "wants it", has sex with a man twice her age, and because she was the one who initiated it, he get no jail time. What's wrong with this picture? How about that she's far too young to consent, and the entire newstory is written to make her sound like a complete slut, and rapist Edgecombe like the victim? As far as I'm concerned, this article is a huge step back in how the media treats young female rape victims.
New York Magazine has a piece this week dealing with a similar subject; the treatment of American prostitutes versus foreign girls (of the same age) working as sex slaves. Which brings me to this question: If the ten-year-old English girl had been a different ethnicity, would this story have been handled any differently?
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