How do his grades count for anything? He broke the law— both civil and moral. She did too, but she gets off because the law considers her a minor.
I am objecting to the not-so-subtle bias infused into this article by mentioning that he is an “honor student”. I’m playing with semantics by pointing out that his deed was NOT honorable.
Did she offer this service? Or, did he coerce her into it? I fail to see what the woman ever gets out of this practice. It seems that all of the pleasure belongs to the man. That is why he is dis-honorable and selfish.
Someone earlier on this thread said that no one had ever been convicted of this. That is patently untrue because I had an employee who spent a year in jail (out of a sentence of three) for this in Wisconsin, and he wasn’t the only one so sentenced.
I really am shockedatthe attitudedisplayed on this thread. There are many here who seem to think that it is this young man’s “right” to seek his pleasure where he can find it with no regard for the consequences to the girl, or to his own future. I certainly hope you are not raising your own children with that attitude, or this society is doomed.
I repeat: Keep it zipped.
However, you are parsing the meaning out of the English language. If one attains the title of "Professional Engineer", it is a different meaning than saying that one is in engineering as a profession. By the same token, the "Honor Student" title is something that this young man earned, and may properly - under the rules of English - be applied in describing him in this case.
You state that you are objecting to the not-so-subtle bias in the article, but your words do not convey this meaning when you dismember the language haphazardly to support your point.
From your post:
I really am shockedatthe attitudedisplayed on this thread. There are many here who seem to think that it is this young man’s “right” to seek his pleasure where he can find it with no regard for the consequences to the girl, or to his own future. I certainly hope you are not raising your own children with that attitude, or this society is doomed.
I have said absolutely nothing resembling the attitude you address in the above quote. For you to insinuate that I support or (worse) promulgate this attitude to my own children is, frankly, insulting. It is also a sign of a poorly thought out argument. "Keep it zipped" can be applied to more than one's trousers - and equally applies when spewing without basis.