stumu415@lemmy.zip to News@lemmy.world · 15 hours agoFormer Louisiana mayor sentenced to 90 days over rape of 16-year-old boywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up1281arrow-down15 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1276arrow-down1external-linkFormer Louisiana mayor sentenced to 90 days over rape of 16-year-old boywww.theguardian.comstumu415@lemmy.zip to News@lemmy.world · 15 hours agomessage-square34linkfedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarevelma@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·9 hours agoAre we treating it differently? Male rapists don’t typically get very long sentences either. Rape should be punished harsher for all perpetrators. Including this case. It’s enraging.
minus-squaredrunkpostdisaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 hours agoDepends on the amount of money they have. Studies have shown that women tend to get much lighter sentences. And you got to consider how unoften they get reported.
minus-squarevelma@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoTrue, wealth and social status affect sentences quite a bit. And you got to consider how unoften they get reported. That’s for all sexual assaults and rapes honestly. Rapists and pedophiles should be getting harsher sentences regardless.
Are we treating it differently? Male rapists don’t typically get very long sentences either.
Rape should be punished harsher for all perpetrators. Including this case. It’s enraging.
Depends on the amount of money they have. Studies have shown that women tend to get much lighter sentences. And you got to consider how unoften they get reported.
True, wealth and social status affect sentences quite a bit.
That’s for all sexual assaults and rapes honestly.
Rapists and pedophiles should be getting harsher sentences regardless.