Hellfire103@lemmy.ca to Not The OnionEnglish · 1 year agoSarah Huckabee Sanders appoints man who had sex with a minor to top state postwww.lgbtqnation.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1289arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]politics
arrow-up1277arrow-down1external-linkSarah Huckabee Sanders appoints man who had sex with a minor to top state postwww.lgbtqnation.comHellfire103@lemmy.ca to Not The OnionEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square31fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]politics
minus-squaretotallynotarobotlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoWhat’s wrong with the word ”rapist”?
minus-squareLowtierComputerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoIt was in Arkansas. 17 is legal there.
minus-squaregraymanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 year ago16 is the legal limit! But she was 17.
minus-squareLowtierComputerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’m no lawyer, but if I understand it correctly, a minor is someone who is not an adult, but the legal age for intercourse can fall before this age. Like if you’re 16 and that’s the legal age, you’re still a minor. Can’t vote, can’t buy a pistol or drink, but you can have sex.
What’s wrong with the word ”rapist”?
It was in Arkansas. 17 is legal there.
16 is the legal limit! But she was 17.
“Minor”?
I’m no lawyer, but if I understand it correctly, a minor is someone who is not an adult, but the legal age for intercourse can fall before this age.
Like if you’re 16 and that’s the legal age, you’re still a minor. Can’t vote, can’t buy a pistol or drink, but you can have sex.
That’s fucked up but TIL thanks