i remember my friends and i would say “he repented her” instead of sexual assault/rape because it was “lighter”, and because some places like school may have banned the word.

  • BassTurd@lemmy.world
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    Absolutely not. I use the proper word for the situation. If someone raped someone, I’m going to use the word rape, not sugar coat to soften the blow and lessen the severity of the action. If the audience I’m talking to doesn’t know what the word rape means, then we probably aren’t having the conversation to begin with.