Posted on 02/11/2005 9:43:07 AM PST by robowombat
Teacher Charged With Having Sex With 13-Year-Old Student
Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2005 McMINNVILLE, Tenn. - An elementary school teacher has been charged with having sex with one of her students, a 13-year-old boy, at his home and at school, authorities said Tuesday.
Pamela Turner, 27, was charged Monday with 15 counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and 13 counts of statutory rape for acts between November and January. Story Continues Below
Turner, who teaches physical education at Centertown Elementary, lived at the boy's house "for a brief period of time when she was moving from residence to residence," Warren County prosecutor Dale Potter said. The boy's parents did not know anything about the relationship, he said. Potter said Turner was arrested Monday in Clarkrange, her hometown about 55 miles northeast of McMinnville in central Tennessee.
Conviction on all counts could be punished by up to 100 years in prison. But Potter said it was more likely that a conviction would mean a minimum of a year to several years in prison.
Turner is free on $50,000 bond. She's been placed on leave by the school system.
A telephone message left at the home of her father, who lives in Clarkrange, was not immediately returned Tuesday evening.
Turner's husband filed for divorce in January, alleging inappropriate marital conduct, according to the Southern Standard newspaper in McMinnville.
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Yep, I'd hit it.... two times.
Yep,
They're too busy,
Er,
nevermind.
thanks sweetie.
Wow, thanks for the discourse on male sexuality. I am not a foolish woman. I understand there are differences in the sexes that are ever present. Although I do believe that most men feel the way you do about sex, there are some out there who believe it is more than a carnal exercise. I know three attractive, intelligent men who actually have done the unspeakable--waited for marriage to have sex!! GASP! (my husband, brother, and brother-in-law). But alas, most men do not regard it as anything but physical. I understand that. However, we are not talking about a man here, we are talking about a boy, a boy who was exposed to a bizarre sexual relationship at a very young age. No male, in my opinion, should be having sex at that age, let alone with an adult. You laugh off the emotional consquences of this, but if you really believe there is no victim, why should the woman be punished. In order for something to be a crime, someone has to have suffered, right? There has to be a loss of sorts. What is the loss here? Its a gain in your book, right? Why can't a female consent to this? Why is it not a benefit for her to have an older, experienced man show her the ropes? I understand the physical consequences are different, but what if is incapable of getting her pregnant and does not have a large penis? Would that be okay with you? I am saying the power that drives sexual abusers has an affect on the victim, regardless of gender.
You are a very good judge of character, najida. Cagey is one of the sweetest women I have ever come across here.
Yeah, it takes a while.. but, oh, its worth it! (sarcasm)
"Double standard. UNFAIR. Children should be left as children, and the entire thing makes me ill."
Well stated. This sex-crazed loose slutty society has produced all kinds of ill-begotten (no pun!) effects, and it'll only go downhill. We have enough trouble keeping children as children and letting them grow up w/o vile influences like "Sex in the City" playing and "Levitra" ads showing, let alone scoffing at real boys being taken advantage of by real women.
LOL, I have to laugh at that. I was walking right into it! (oops....again, no pun and no association, please!)
I was just postulating; I can't imagine homos would always be satisfied w/just entry. I'm sure they would like to play w/some1 else's, not just theirs!
Thank you, Ralphy.
Excellent! You nailed it, Hitman. Can we do it one more time in the studio? Make sure the red light is lit on Camera 1. Three, two, one...
"Because of this, there has been a longstanding (and I think largely legitimate) public policy concern to more closely guard and protect the sexuality of women more than to guard and protect the sexuality of men. That's commonly called a 'double standard' by those uncomfortable with the thought that men and women are somehow different, but in fact it is not a double standard (two different standards for the same thing), but rather it is two different standards for two different things."
W/o reading the rest of your tome, I'll cut this out....
You mite be shocked to know many of us have no problem w/"differences" - we know they exist. Hell I just posted that I don't care if there really are male-female intelligence differences (which I believe there are).
But your thinking basically OKs the very male sexual override which *gets* those girls "in trouble" in the 1st place!!!
Wouldn't it be best to curb the appetites of ALL for the benefit of the girls? AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BABIES THEY PRODUCE?
YES.
Actually, from that photo she's about 5'11" (71 inches). Still nice and tall, though.
holy smokes.
Is that her?
I'm feeling great! I am gearing up for a wonderful Valentine's weekend with a young woman I am dating in LA - entirely legit, of course, I am 37 and she is in her early 30s, and not her young teens!
;-)
Thanks! You are a great producer! Haha!
And in any event, I'm just addressing how the sexes look at this situation differently, that's all.
Thanks for understanding - you are wise, and the best producer a fella can ask for!
So, to clarify, are you agreeing that this type of act can have extremely negative effects on a young boy? Because you are still eluding to the fact that you would have welcomed such an advance.
"A lot of women thought Ted Bundy was a good-looking man. I'm mystified that so many seemingly otherwise normal people believe that an attractive man can still be a monster, but an attractive woman cannot."
Another excellent example of weird reactions to good looks w/o really considering the deeds, or at least having the DECENCY TO SHUT UP ABOUT IT (hold your tongues, you pigs!). I despise these pathetic women who pen-pal and then marry these thugs in jail. What sickos. Even if they're not "harming" any1, they're still sick, and their stories shouldn't be told as if they were some kind of fairy tale.
I don't disagree with you at all, and you actually should have continuned reading the post and my follow-ups and you would see that.
It IS best to curb the appetite for the benefit of the males and the females, I agree entirely.
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