This week, I read yet another story of an adult male who wasn't held accountable for child rape. Technically, Steven Pollock was convicted of sex with a minor but he only received a community service and "the stipulation that he attend a sex offenders' programme." According to Kaye Adams in the Daily Record : "(t)he original charge was rape but prosecutors weren’t confident of convincing a jury that the girl did not consent and so they reduced the charge." Steven Pollock put his penis into the body of a 13 year old girl. Even if she was sober, a 13 year old girl isn't capable of consenting to sex. The fact that Lord Turnbull thinks that "the offence arises out of consensual conduct rather than any form of force, grooming or manipulation” demonstrates just how pervasive and destructive rape culture is. We need to keep repeating these messages until men start listening: a 13 year old girl is not capable of consenting to sex.
An adult woman who is extremely intoxicated is not capable of consenting to sex.
A child is never capable of consenting to sexual activity.
The judge's summation is a disgrace.
Steven Pollock's sentence is a disgrace.
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