jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agoEthics panel investigating whether Matt Gaetz got high at Florida partywww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down16
arrow-up1208arrow-down1external-linkEthics panel investigating whether Matt Gaetz got high at Florida partywww.independent.co.ukjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareFal@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·8 months agoHow condescending. I assume you think a 17 year old is a child? And then the second they turn 18 they’re not? You can be against gaetz being creep and a groomer without thinking that 17 year olds shouldn’t be called women
minus-squareFunderpants @lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·8 months agoIn the context of sex crimes, sexual interference, and similar, journalists and others for that matter should avoid using language that “ages up” victims.
How condescending. I assume you think a 17 year old is a child? And then the second they turn 18 they’re not?
You can be against gaetz being creep and a groomer without thinking that 17 year olds shouldn’t be called women
In the context of sex crimes, sexual interference, and similar, journalists and others for that matter should avoid using language that “ages up” victims.