Rebecca Joynes allegedly became pregnant after having sex with one of her victims, known as boy B, Manchester Crown Court heard - she denies the allegations against her.

Rebecca Joynes denies having sex with the two boys but admitted, in Manchester Crown Court, to having broken safeguarding rules by being in contact with them on Snapchat and having them back to her apartment in Salford Quays.

The 30-year-old was already suspended from her job and on bail for alleged sexual activity with boy A, 15, when she allegedly took the virginity of a second boy, known as boy B, 16, who she later became pregnant by.

Joynes denies that any sexual activity took place with boy A - whose semen was recovered from her bedsheets.

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She raped a child and emotionally manipulated them into continuing it after the child attempted to end it. Not nice. Not even close.

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WHOOSH

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Like the others said, it’s actually a gif from an episode in which this specific double-standard is addressed… through satirical comedy.

The gif is perfect for this post.

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Lol I always laugh when people comment on stuff like this with absolutely no idea of the context behind it

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You need context from the show to get this meme. This episode is a satire on how women who molest minors are treated differently and how some people are inclined to congratulate the molested instead of seeing them as victims.

It’s not nice, and we need to view the attitude of situations like this being “nice” as messed up. Hence the meme.

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Yeah that’s what that scene from South Park is satirizing if I remember correctly

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Boy A and Boy B are now the most popular kids in school.

Kid was 2 years older? Totally legal and the top category on every porn site.

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Sorry… are you suggesting 16-year-olds doing porn would be acceptable?

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Sexual assault can happen to men and boys. Sure, some of them may be “fine” with what happened, but this mentality makes it incredibly difficult for male victims of sexual assault to come forward and get help when they need it. The damage isn’t always apparent right away, either.

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The point of having an age of consent (in this case 16 in the UK) is not popularity, and not just parental awareness or protection from people in positions of power.

It’s a decision by society that kids below this age are incapable of grasping the full consequences of their consent.

Of course the limit is going to be somewhat arbitrary, and you can definitely argue that age of consent laws are bad without being a creep, but you’d have to argue that a 15 year old understands the ramifications of consent.

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Can’t grasp the consequences but def grasped dem titties

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I really want to downvote this but I can’t bring myself to do it.

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It’s unfair to have a discussion calling names by default. For me, even 18 is not enough to understand the ramifications of consent, but it’s too hard to keep 18 year-olds from having as much sex as they desire (some of them do desire a lot). If you start calling me a prude for this, what should I call you from my POV?

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Not sure I understand, who is being called names?

And sure, laws like these are always a compromise, with no objectively true answer.

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It’s 16

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Corrected.

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terfs will claim she technically didn’t sexually assault anyone here.

also jk rowling will not mention this

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What.

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Fucking pedophile

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*ephebophile

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not a drag queen

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