To be fair to her, she had an enthusiastic plastic surgeon, and she's equally attentive to her makeup. She'll be very popular with a certain segment of her prison's population (hopefully for a LONG time).
Posted on 01/20/2017 5:26:29 AM PST by Kaslin
On Jan. 13, a judge in Houston, Texas, sentenced Alexandria Vera to 10 years in prison. Her crime? The 25-year-old teacher at Stovall Middle School struck up a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old student -- having sex almost every day, she said, for nine months -- but with the parents' approval. She could be eligible for parole in five years.
Prosecutors alleged Vera groomed the child and his family, moving the teen and his father into her home and pretending she was dating the father. She also bought groceries for the boy's family and paid the phone bills. She even became pregnant by the boy. When child-protection workers closed in, she got an abortion. Unsurprisingly, the boy is now in foster care.
One would assume this story of a sexual predator would be plastered all over the national news. Isn't this the kind of crusading story full of human interest and melodrama? Apparently not. ABC, CBS, and NBC couldn't be bothered. Fox had a segment on "The Kelly File" when it broke open last year. CNN's Headline News shows -- Drew Pinsky's last year, and Ashleigh Banfield's last week -- gave it a single spin.
One could guess that reverse sexism plays a role: An adult woman abusing a boy seems more acceptable than a grown man molesting a young girl. One could also guess that adding an abortion to the sinister plot made it less interesting to liberal journalists.
These are the same networks that will not stop covering and lecturing about the child sexual abuse -- real and alleged and untrue -- by Catholic priests, even after the church created new systems to vet not only priests but also even church volunteers who deal with children in parish life.
How about newspapers? The New York Times never loses interest in advocating against the Catholic Church on this issue. But on Alexandria Vera in Houston? Nothing. The Washington Post, whose editor Marty Baron was painted as a crusading captain of the church-busting team at the Boston Globe in the Oscar-winning movie "Spotlight"? It never made the actual paper but drew two blog posts over the last six months that barely surpassed 1,000 words between them.
Many people might see this story and recall the case of Mary Kay Letourneau, a 34-year-old teacher who sexually abused an infatuated 12-year-old boy named Vili Fualaau, which became a big tabloid story in 1997.
But ultimately, how bothered are some in the liberal community? It's easy to forget that abuse ended up being rewarded. In 2005, after getting out of jail, Letourneau agreed to marry the boy, now an adult. Hollywood then allowed them to cash in.
Paramount -- the producers of "Entertainment Tonight" and "The Insider" -- announced they had obtained the rights to wallow in the pedophile wedding of the century. What did Paramount do? The two shows spent days panting after the "lucky couple." Inside the rehearsal dinner. Inside the wedding. Inside the reception. Paramount interviewers even asked Letourneau for relationship advice!
Their rivals at "Access Hollywood" played the moralist. Co-host Billy Bush insisted Paramount paid big money for the privilege, "close to $1 million -- a figure they deny," Bush said. "Go to prison; get on TV; get rich," he lamented.
The disease spread to network TV. In a piece for ABC's "Good Morning America," "Entertainment Tonight" reporter Jann Carl hyped the wedding as "the icing on the cake of a notorious soap opera that still sparks admiration and outrage around the world." Hold on. Just who "admires" the rape of a 12-year-old boy?
Child sexual abuse in secular schools doesn't seem to inspire liberal journalists, which underlines that on this absorbing subject, as on many others, what's "news" depends on perspective, and in the American media, it is both liberal and libertine.
Houston Press’ cover article this week is yet again about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Sexual abuse in taxpayer funded public schools matters not to them. Daily reports of teachers diddling the students isn’t a scandal, strictly a lot of lone wolves. Yep.
Vera is a Latina. You can bet the family is illegal. That’s how you can get out of serving much time in big-city courts in Texas these days. It works the same way in CA and AZ. It’s way past time that the laws apply to everyone equally once again.
Because teachers are in the teachers’ union which give money to democrats, and in return democrats deliberately give them a pass to break the law.
Homosexuals.
Female teachers have an army of perv men that think it’s sexy when they molest male students.
Lots of females of the age of the teacher put up stupid excuses like her having some “female hormone imbalance”, or some sort of made up problem like she was the victim, as an excuse why it isn’t a big deal.
Both will shame a boy for not shutting up and “enjoying” it.
To be fair to her, she had an enthusiastic plastic surgeon, and she's equally attentive to her makeup. She'll be very popular with a certain segment of her prison's population (hopefully for a LONG time).
Good-looking sexual people should not be hired as teachers. Kids should be taught like I was, by ugly sexless nuns with moles on their faces and hairs growing out of the moles. Crazy idea? NO! It’s a good idea!
Go ahead, respond with your fantasy stories about nuns getting it on with each other (and with priests) in the convents. Not talking about that.
Please lose the tagline. Thanks.
What you said.
And sexual abuse in non-Catholic institutions is far higher than in Catholic affiliated parishes, schools, etc.
Thanks for the truth.
It is hypocrisy,,double standards and reverse sexism. When women abuse the power over kids it is never treated equally. Even though its the same crime and same abuse of power. Kids are not adults regardless of body changes and regardless of if they want to participate.
Just change the activity to drugs. Well thats illegal. So is sex with minors. Drugs are damaging. So is sex at an early age when you are still immature and lacking life experience. Drugs mess up kids lives. Having sex as unmarried young teens messes up kids lives. No one hee would be for teachers of either sex getting kids hooked on drugs yet they will totally give female sex criminals a pass if they use a teen boy for their sexual gratification. You say well hes willing. That doesnt seem to matter when the teen girl is willing. Futher that isnt the legal definition and you dont seem to care abou that either.
On this site we have way too many people who think this is totally acceptable.
If it is wrong for a 35 year old man to molest and groom a 15 year old boy, it is also wrong for a 35 year old woman to do it.
On this site we have way too many people who think this is totally acceptable.
I agree.
Exactly
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