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Where can I read the others on your list?

Wow what a shitty story. I hate links without a warning that this is a really shitty story.

Doesn't help that I just tried to run a search for that red circle with a slash through it, don't put your baby in here, sticker they put on plastic storage bins. I should have known better, but what a bunch of shitty shitty images that threw up.

I'm not trying to start a shitstorm, but I'm really curious about why you framed the post this way. I'm not saying that it shouldn't have been posted -- but why refer so blithely and glibly to a story about the alleged rape of a child? Is it because the victim was a boy? If it was a story about a father raping his daughter, would titling the post "Family Reunion" have seemed like a bad idea, or something worth being tongue-in-cheek about?

Is it because the victim was a boy?
I would guess yes.

Since this kid was not of age to consent, it is therefore rape. But it says she "seduced" him, so the way I interpret the article is that he wasn't an unwilling participant.

Not that I don't think this is a weird-ass situation (and I hesitate to make any calls because the article is so scant on details), but I put this in a lesser level of "terrible" from what I normally associate with "rape."

Hell, save for the incest bit, another year in RI and this wouldn't have been a crime.

That said, it made me think of a post on the blue, though I don't really know if this situation is at all similar to those.

But it says she "seduced" him, so the way I interpret the article is that he wasn't an unwilling participant.

Most mainstream articles about rape misuse concepts like seduction in order to make sexual assault seem more sexy. Eight-year-old girls, for instance, have been said to have "seduced" adult men. I don't think it's generally a good idea to assume you know what the dynamic was based on how mainstream journalists write about a sexual assault.

I would guess yes.

That's my guess too, which makes the framing really off-putting to me. There's also the evergreen assumption that hey, he's a boy, he must have wanted it. But come on. IT WAS HIS MOTHER.

Like I said, I'm not saying this shouldn't have been posted. But I get the sense that someone isn't really operating in good faith here -- especially now that I've gone back and looked at posting history, 75 percent of which seems to be trying to poke a stick into the gender-hornets' nest.

So now, in fact, I don't feel bad asserting that we're being trolled or goaded, so I think that's reason enough (for me) to just leave it alone and leave it at that.

I don't think it's generally a good idea to assume you know what the dynamic was based on how mainstream journalists write about a sexual assault.

I never assumed to know, I said it was "the way I interpret the article," "and I hesitate to make any calls because the article is so scant on details."

Unless you meant that as a not-specifically-at-me general rule of thumb, in which case I obviously agree.

I didn't mean to disturb anybody. Sorry. I see Fox more as fiction than reality. One step up from Weekly World News.

I want that story to be fiction. It's just too sick.

I am super happy that I didn't click this link.

Well, it certainly has a "News of the World" type vibe about it. Why on earth would they prominently post a smiling, attractive picture of the alleged assailant (and let's all remember that innocence is presumed until guilt is proven beyond a reasonable doubt), instead of her tearful and downcast mugshot? Fox news editors and producers have a special place in hell waiting for them for such provocative reporting. Imagine what Farkers would do with this story?