barefootguy
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In most states (at least here in MN), if the age difference is below a certain number, it's not rape. I think it's 3 years here.
In most states (at least here in MN), if the age difference is below a certain number, it's not rape. I think it's 3 years here.
You've gone straight to the bottom of the deep end, my friend. Statutory rape is a crime. It deserves a trial.
Which, in my opinion, make the female's abuse of authority all the more criminal.
I never really understood statutory rape laws.. Was it rape because the two boys weren't willing or just their age??
I always found it odd that an 18 year old can't sleep with a 16 year old.. Isn't there an age of consent??
In most states (at least here in MN), if the age difference is below a certain number, it's not rape. I think it's 3 years here.
It's a stupid crime predicated on the asinine notion that men and women in their teens aren't sexually mature and that their sexual urges are somehow less legitimate than older adults'.
It is bad enough when the government declares war on economics. Declaring war on biology is an exercise in futility.
It's still a law, it's still statutory rape, and it's still worthy of a trial. It doesn't matter if the boys felt victimized, the teacher is teaching irresponsible behavior, and likely, a cavalier version of sex.
I agree. The law is the law. I just find the moral outrage distasteful.
I don't think the attitude about sex that this teacher is promoting could be any more cavalier than what they're getting from television, though. And it has to be better than what they're learning from Internet pornography.
Well, in my opinion a teacher sleeping with here minor students is immoral.
The students were old enough to understand that she shouldn't be doing what she's doing. When an authority figure says it's alright to break the rules, then that's what they learn. When it's about sex, they are learning that they can have it regardless of rules, laws, etc....if it makes em feel good.
See, I agree with that statement, but I just don't think that the word "minor" makes a difference. It's the authority that makes it wrong, not the age.
This, I agree with and would normally object to, but we're talking about one tiny speck in a deluge of pornographic filth. I'd rather they did this than watch Flavor of Love or Tila Tequila; at least they're learning some notion of how to properly treat a woman.
What is it about how to treat a woman are they learning?
Well, for starters, I don't reckon a grown woman-- even one with bad decision-making skills-- is going to let a teenager treat her like some porn slut.
Fair enough point. I'm still inclined to think it's better than porn, but I'm a little bent on that issue.
Don't know why I'm trying to mitigate this, though; teacher's got no business sleeping with her students. If she's got a taste for spring chickens, there's a whole school full of ones that aren't in her classes.
If she's not their teacher, I disagree with the first and don't care about the second. Except, of course, that the law is the law and must be enforced.
Not so, all teachers in a school have the same authority and same responsibility for all the students in the school regardless of whether or not they ever teach a student directly.
Think about it...does the shop teacher have every right to bang the Cheerleaders?
in this state, students can continue to attend high school until they reach the age of 22
hell, they can legally drink and be in high school
but they cannot be sexually intimate with a school employee without that employee also being subject to punishment
wasn't that the issue with monica, the of-age intern and bill, the predator
There was definitely a fraternization aspect to it, not to mention adultery....but at least she was an adult.
Pedophiles congregate and make a point of being where their desired prey is, kids.
Not so, all teachers in a school have the same authority and same responsibility for all the students in the school regardless of whether or not they ever teach a student directly.
so, should the 21 year old high school students be fair game for sexual exploitation by their teachers - because they are certainly of age?
No, but that's based on policy.
which i think tells us what we should focus on rather than age