The painful lesson of the Cherice Moralez rape trial
▻http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/03/painful-lesson-cherice-moralez-rape
The following is a list of words used to describe a very specific demographic. See if you can guess it:
“She was as much in control of the situation [as the 49-year-old man.]”
“[She was] like the spider.”
“Predatory in all her actions and she is sexually experienced.”
“Predatory and she was egging you on.”
“She dressed older than her age … She would hang out with teenage boys at a playground.”
These quotes seem to be describing quite the voracious temptress – Jessica Rabbit, perhaps? Samantha from Sex and the City? Actually, they all come from judges, lawyers and reporters, used over the past two years to describe girls – children – aged between 11 and 14 who were raped.