Are we sure the media didn't say "have sex" and not rape?
this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2026
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This particular article does a great job of using proper language. The media at large probably isn't.
The conviction helps, even if the sentence is light.
Roberts, who was facing up to 17 years in prison, sexually assaulted the underage victim at her home in July 2024. They were drinking alcohol at a pool party. Roberts was mayor of DeRidder, Louisiana, at the time, a position she had held since 2018.
Can't help thinking that if this were a man, the penalty would be higher.
"Her conviction came months after her brother, Brandon Lee Roberts, was sentenced to prison in a separate child sex abuse case" (from another article)
You mean being elected to the highest office in the country?
Only if the man isn't Republican. Usually it's more leniency the younger the child too. For example if you're, say hypothetically, the President of the United States it's completely acceptable to rape 12 year olds or even younger!
Are you sure? Male politicians are infamous for not facing consequence. This woman fucked a minor and got nine months, my country's president fucked countless minors and an airport took his name after he died
Was one of those minors Mubarak's niece?
Thought you were talking about the U.S. still until you said "after he died".
A brief whisper of irrational hope that I somehow missed the most wondrous news.
If she was a man she would get a position in the white house and a pardon if convicted.
It would be either higher or, as a politician, she wouldn't ever get prosecuted
Totally. As recently seen male politicians raping children are prosecuted to the full extent of the law in the US.
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Depends if the man was a member of the Epstein class or not.
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Okay I get the people saying the sentence is criminally light and I agree but it is also nice to see a headline that isnt using a bunch of terms that beat around the bush
Yep, it's refreshing to see female rapists actually get called out. Especially for statutory rape where the victim possibly expressed wanting to do it, but it's still rape - these cases often get headlines where the writers intentionally avoid using the term rape or assault, and frame it as if it's the law that's at fault.
"Woman sentenced to 2 years of prison for having sex with 16 year old teen" and the paedos immediately get a ground to stay on, claiming it was consensual and the law should be changed. (this I actually seen happen once, with the usual "he's 16, when I was that age I would've killed to have sex with an older woman" sickening BS comment avalanche)
"Woman rapes 16 year old boy" and bam, now it's hard to find supporters.
Just yet another example of how the media can influence societal behaviour by just slightly wording things differently.
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It's refreshing to see an accurately worded headline in a case like this. Usually they go with "sex with a minor" instead of "rape", when the perpetrator is a woman.
Having said that, the sentence is way too damn lenient. She preyed on a minor. She should be punished way more than that.
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Whoa! A Whole 80 days?
Well, you can't say a former governor got off easy. Those 70 days will be pure hell.
I mean imagine how she'll feel serving that long 60-day sentence.
She could get out for good behavior, maybe after half of that 50-day sentence.
Of course, the judge might make her serve that whole month so that she can set an example.
That week will probably make her regret what she did.
That'll probably be the longest weekend of her life.
It took up her whole Saturday! ...afternoon.
We might as well refund her parking stub for all her troubles
Even with the two suspended sentences they're letting her off the hook quite lightly if you ask me.
Sure, teenage boys are horny all the time, but this is a clear case of a power imbalance and an adult abusing it/them for their own gratification.
Funny how a scenario like this was nearly verbatim part of the "boys get raped too" course that was a mandatory part of my curriculum 26 years ago, and we're still treating this differently as a society.
I think the age difference is what really sells it. No one seems to care about the power imbalance. Look at Monica Lewinsky. She was an intern to the most powerful man in the country and still to this day people make jokes about her like she was a harlot gold digger and it was consensual so it's ok.
The rapists own wife even insists that since she consented it wasn't power imbalance.
She was Jay Leno's favorite target for a year after the assault and the media constantly painted the victim as the bad guy.
In the end, the kid was underage and legally couldn't give consent. So rape is rape simply because of the age. In power dynamics though, the victim can end up being the butt of the joke for the rest of their lives. The culture behind supporting rapists and not holding them accountable perpetuates this no matter the sex of the victim. Here's a perfect example from SNL
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On the flipside, that's 90 days more than Epstein's friends are getting.
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