Outside of Tumblr, I’ve honestly only ever heard the phrase “boys will be boys“ to mean “boys will be lovable goofballs who do dumb shit to entertain themselves”, not “boys will be rapists”.
And additionally when men are acting like boys.
I’ve mostly heard this phrase after “Hey mom watch this!”
Exactly. “Boys will be boys” has nothing to do with sexual assault and everything to do with:
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elwenn-dreaming said:
I’ve often heard it used to excuse bad behaviour from boys but more for things along the way of : is eating spaghetti straight from the plate with his mouth or can’t seem to be able to keep still for 9 seconds. Not to excuse rape or assault. 
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