careless not using

[namloan]

- He should have been a virgin but he was raped by his teacher, miss Jennifer last year.
- She's now pregnant because she was careless not using contraceptive pills.

- Are these sentences grammatical and natural?

Thanks so much to Teachers and other members!

[Rover_KE]

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- He was a virgin until he was raped by his teacher, Miss Jennifer, last year.
- She's now pregnant because she carelessly forgot to take her contraceptive pills.

Rover

[5jj]

- He was a virgin until he was raped by his teacher, Miss Jennifer, last year.
- She's now pregnant because she carelessly forgot to take her contraceptive pills.

So unlike the home life of our own dear EFL teachers.

[Barb_D]

I do know that males can be raped, but is it possible the teacher seduced him instead of raping him? (Granted, this is getting into a dicey area and I may regret posting this.)

As we have said over and over and over, we tend not to say "Miss Jennifer" or "Mr. Peter" but Miss Smith and Mr. Jones.

[5jj]

I do know that males can be raped, but is it possible the teacher seduced him instead of raping him? (Granted, this is getting into a dicey area and I may regret posting this.)

You may indeed! I forbore (for once) from saying anything about that point. I agree with you, but that has to be a personal answer. If a discussion starts, it's almost certainly going to be end up in quibbles about legal terminology and male/female perceptions rather than about language. I don't know whether the American legal term 'statutory rape' covers this situation. If it does, then that would settle things nicely.

[Rover_KE]

You may indeed! I forbore (for once) from saying anything about that point. I agree with you, but that has to be a personal answer. If a discussion starts, it's almost certainly going to be end up in quibbles about legal terminology and male/female perceptions rather than about language. I don't know whether the American legal term 'statutory rape' covers this situation. If it does, then that would settle things nicely.

That was my thinking exactly when I posted my reply, 5jj.

Rover