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My revert from today

(Content warning: sexual violence and incest) I just undid a good-faith edit by User:Anon brie, who replaced text reading "She had also engaged in sexual activities with her brother" to "She was also raped by her brother." Anon brie's edit summary reads "Change made to reflect the fact that Aileen at this age would have been raped by her older brother. 'Engaged in sexual activity' does not reflect the true nature of the treatment she received." This change is undeniably contentious and I don't think we have reliable sourcing for it.

The source is a 1991 Los Angeles Times profile by Mike Clary of Arlene Pralle who adopted Wuornos when both were adults. The relevant text from the source says Wuornos "has admitted to a brief sexual relationship with her brother." Take the following as true:

Wuornos was born February 29th, 1956. This is reliably sourced.
Her brother Keith was born March 14th, 1955. This is also reliably sourced.
Keith was Wuornos's only brother. Clary never names him but refers to him as "her brother," which, if she'd had two or more, would have needed to say "one of her brothers" or something similar.
Simple math shows that they were 11½ months apart.

If I'm right, that the matter under dispute took place between Aileen Wuornos and Keith Wuornos, it would be difficult to describe this as a "rape" since they were both apparently children and they were so close in age. This is all so disturbing and sad and since it's particularly sensitive, we have to make sure the words we use to describe it are ironclad accurate. City of Silver 19:46, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]