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"You've yet to answer my question as to how male teachers who have sex with male students should be treated. Should they be prosecuted? Should they be fired? Sex doesn't hurt boys, right? How about female teachers who have sex with female students? Is that ok as well?"

No, I wouldn't say either was alright. There isn't any sympathy for them when it comes to enforcing statutory rape laws. No double standard, in other words.

I won't argue with you about the laws. If she broke the law, then she will have to endure a trial, even if the teenage boy wasn't harmed. (She will probably get probation, where a man would probably get prison time.)

I was just trying to explain to all those who are "outraged" why there is a double standard exhibited by many of us on this thread.

" remove those from power who abuse that power for their own sexual gratification."

I agree with you. Fire her, but then I already said that.

"I was just trying to explain to all those who are "outraged" why there is a double standard exhibited by many of us on this thread."

For those of up angry about the 'double standard', I think it's less about there being a double standard and more about the incredible chasm of difference between the two standards. A female teacher has sex with a 15 year old boy and prosecution reluctantly moves forward with supporters sending letters and protesting in her favor. A male teacher has sex with a 15 year old girl and a media frenzy swarms around him, the trial goes through in record time, and he's escorted about in a bullet-proof vest because of the death threats and the lynch mobs ready to tear him limb from limb.

Woman does it, and the response is, "oh gee, golly - that's probably not a very good idea unless you two are really in love".

A man does it, and the response is an endless series of slurs and curses intermingled with death threats and promises of eternal damnation.

They're wrong in both cases, and should be dealt with objectively and appropriately. The differences in how they're treated are tied almost entirely to emotional perception, rather than objective oberservation and judgement.