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From what I'm reading in the news, it sounds like most of the students are 16, 17, 18 and sometimes of legal age in their state. The teacher is in her early 20's. The relationship is usually consensual. Sending them to jail seems like a really barbaric and draconian punishment to me.
From what I'm reading in the news, it sounds like most of the students are 16, 17, 18 and sometimes of legal age in their state. The teacher is in her early 20's. The relationship is usually consensual. Sending them to jail seems like a really barbaric and draconian punishment to me.
I am 19 and I think it is gross.
Most of the time , they are not in 20's.
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I don't think it's the age difference so much as the role a teacher plays in s student's life. It's supposed to be professional. And with the legal age of consent being 18 in most places, it IS considered statutory rape. How would you feel about a male teacher having sex with a female student? The same? Or is there a double standard here?
If there is a strong attraction between the two, the teacher, being in the adult role, should be mature enough to wait until the student graduates and a relationship is more appropriate.
Agreed, it's not about "equivalent age", as it is about the total lack of professionalism, and the violation of trust we place in teachers to safely care for our children.
This is tricky...I know of 3 teachers, all male, that were MAJORLY seduced by the girl.
Stalked, persistently...placing her hand on their privates....knocking on their
door on Sunday alone at home...she was my best friend in High School a year older than me.
I was the only one that knew.
Kept the secret for everyone involved.
I was a junior at the time. She class senior prez. Very popular!
Guess she was a bit over sexed...I would have fought against them going to jail somehow.
She was relentless. 2 fell in love.
One fought it, he knew better after the first slip.
I guess it stems from the primitive idea that sex is "evil" or "sinful".
16 year olds are the most sexually active people I know. A lot of of older women get hit on by 15-16 year old boys. In high school, for instance, we had a very attractive female teacher. All the horny 15-16 y/o boys sat around her, checked out her bottom, flirted, and she actually liked it (Lol). These little 'angelic' people are NOT innocent. This also includes teenage girls.
Look, I'm 22. My boyfriend is 17 (turning 18). Am I considered a predator? The idea of this sounds so insulting and offensive to me. We are both in a consenting relationship. Thankfully, in AUS, the age of consent is 16. But I guess, in some other countries I am a "pedophile". Laughable.
Look, I'm 22. My boyfriend is 17 (turning 18). Am I considered a predator? The idea of this sounds so insulting and offensive to me. We are both in a consenting relationship. Thankfully, in AUS, the age of consent is 16. But I guess, in some other countries I am a "pedophile". Laughable.
If you were dating my son who was 17 years old, I would do my best to press charges against you. No offense but you're a borderline child predator.
From what I'm reading in the news, it sounds like most of the students are 16, 17, 18 and sometimes of legal age in their state. The teacher is in her early 20's. The relationship is usually consensual. Sending them to jail seems like a really barbaric and draconian punishment to me.
Teacher, psychiatrist, jail guard, cop, drill sergeant. None of these people should be having sex with someone under their control, least of all with a minor child.
I agree with you, OP - in circumstances where the student was a willing party. Depending on the situation the teacher should perhaps receive disciplinary action, maybe even be fired. But jail? That's ridiculous. What a waste of tax dollars to send someone to jail for what amounts to a bad decision.
To the 22 year-old with a 17 year-old boyfriend - I see nothing wrong with your situation. In Australia, Canada, and many European nations the law sees nothing wrong with it either. A 17 year-old and 22 year-old can be peers in a lot of cases - say, working at a part-time job or even attending university together. In the vast majority of cases there's nothing predatory at all about that dynamic. Pressing charges for that is an over-the top reaction to what in all likelihood is a healthy sexual relationship.
I guess it stems from the primitive idea that sex is "evil" or "sinful".
Look, I'm 22. My boyfriend is 17 (turning 18). Am I considered a predator? The idea of this sounds so insulting and offensive to me. We are both in a consenting relationship. Thankfully, in AUS, the age of consent is 16. But I guess, in some other countries I am a "pedophile". Laughable.
Are you the boy's teacher? I hope not.
The reason teacher-student sex is taboo, is that there's too much of a chance for the relationship to be coercive since teacher has power over the student. Sorry if that's too subtle for you to grasp. Maybe when you're older you'll understand.
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