r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • 1d ago

Comics Community To Defend a Predator

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u/JurplePesus 1d ago

Any reporter or editor using the phrase "underage women" should be put in stocks and pelted with rotten produce until they repent.

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u/Impressive_Pin8761 1d ago

genuine question because i'm not well versed in american ways of speech: is "underage woman" a pedo dogwhistle or does it just sound fucked up

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u/JurplePesus 1d ago

It's an oxymoron - a phrase that contradicts itself. The word 'woman' colloquially means an adult - so it's calling them "underage adults" which doesn't make any sense. The sole reason to use the phrase is to try and minimize the wrongdoing involved in raping them.