All too frequently that is what happens, its not about sex, but a
power relationship between the adult and the underage boy or girl.
When I was working in the juvie system back in Manitoba, I had to deal
with several similar cases - abused or overly sexualized teens. In
almost every case what happened was more of an _expression_ of power
than sex.
In essence I hope that she gets the equivalent sentance as would have
happened it it had been a male teacher and a female student.
The irritating part of this whole thing is that if it had been a male
teacher, it would justhave made the local paper, possibly to the state
level. With a female teacher and male student (who from the sound of
it was not what you would call an innocent victim) it makes national
headlines. Somewhat hypocritical if you ask me.
larry
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:15:22 -0500, Deanna Schneider
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> See, the deal is that if you're less than 16 (in most states), you're
> not legally old enough to consent to sex. So, it's looked upon the
> same way as if she'd had sex with someone who was passed out drunk or
> someone who was immobilized for some reason. So, it's essentially
> statutory rape or sexual abuse.
>
> And, while I don't want to come off as sounding all uptight about sex
> or anything, I've seen the effects on overly sexualized teens enough
> to know that it can have some pretty serious ramifications. (My mom
> worked with sexually abused and sexually active kids for a long time.)
>
> So, Gel, whether the kid was begging for it or not, it's still the
> adults responsibility to set boundaries. It's a total mis-use of trust
> and power.
>
> Gel said...
> > Just read it.
> >
> > Sounds like she was just in it for the adventure.
> >
> > I'm sure the kid wasn't 'hurt', it certainly didn't sound like co-ercion
> > was involved.
> >
> > No mention was made of," If you don't do this you're going to fail" or
> > even " do this if you want to pass".
> >
> > If the kid were older it would of course be seen as consenting adults,
> > and the worst that would happen to her is loose her job or be suspended
> > for having sex with one of her students, which I understand is frowned
> > upon in educational institutions, or at least it isn't supposed to be
> > flaunted or come out in public.
> >
> > It sounds like the co-ercion/extortion may have been from the kids,
> > rather than from the teacher.
> >
> > -Gel
> >
>
>
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