"I'm just wondering how the hot for teacher crowd who says its ok for a 16 year old to have sex with a female teacher would possibly have any issue with this?
Good question.
I would surmise that in this case it's a man-to-man relationship, while "hot-for-teacher" crowd's issue is a man-to-female relationship.
That's all I can think of. I mean, afterall, I was never lucky with my female teachers as a youngster. Darn it! I'm an anachronist.