There is a HUGE difference between a 20-something female teacher having sex with a 17 year old boy than anyone having sex with a 4th grader who would be about 9 or 10. I was once a 17 year old boy and had a couple of teachers that I would have loved to have sex with. They were forbidden fruit in that they had no interest in me, but had I been able to close the deal I would have in no way been harmed.
The way I look at it, many boys are interested, and if given the opportunity would jump at the chance. Some girls are as well, but that is less common. Sex between older teenagers and adults can be consensual and while wrong, doesn't rise to the level of crime that happened in this article.
If you can't see that there are different levels of wrong then to be consistent you must think that all forms of date rape are the same as the guy jumping out of the bushes, and all forms of torture are the same whether it's waterboarding or cutting of fingers with pruning shears.
Bottom line is what while generally correct, you are absolutely wrong that this is no less demented. Having sex with a 10 year old is not the same as having sex with a 17 year old under any circumstances.
Way too sensible.
Bravo.
You appear to have totally missed GPM’s point.
The point is the abuse of authority by the teacher, willingness on the part of the *victim* or not.
And the abhorrent double standard that is applied in this case and the case you mentioned.
In this case, every one is (rightly) about to string the guy up.
In the case of a female teacher, especially one who is *hot*, and an older boy, it’s wink, wink, nudge, nudge, lucky boy, all based on the teacher’s looks, instead of the fact that wrong is wrong and any teacher who abused their authority in such a manner is worse than dirt, no matter how good looking the teacher and how willing the boy.
Wrong. The only difference is that it is harder to avoid the crime if both waant to participate (17 yo and 22 ye student and teacher). It is still wrong morally. It is still wrong legally. It is still wrong according to the teacher’s employment contract. It does not matter how willing the partners are. What part of that don’t you understand?