THE recent case of a female teacher charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old male student has been met not only with concern but also with jokes, minimisation and comments suggesting that the boy was somehow “lucky”.
Such responses reveal a dangerous and deeply entrenched misunderstanding about sexual abuse, victimhood and gender.
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