Vendaval
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ORIGINAL: selfbnd411 I completely agree that the teacher should be fired, but more because having a relationship with a student voilates the teacher's role as an impartial, neutral academic guide. I'm also not saying that it's OK, because it being illegal should be enough. For males it's doubly dangerous, as Decadent points out, because all that's needed is for a female to accuse a male and that's enough to damn him. The same applies to female teachers, aides, staff, etc. Anyone can have their career and life ruined. Ven, the articles you cited all dealt with incest or involuntary sexual assault, which I would agree do have damaging effects on the victim. I didn't see any examples involving voluntary contact or contact initiated by the male though. Any involuntary contact should be prosecuted and definitely would damage the individual's ability to trust. Where are you missing the distinction? Students develop crushes on teachers and may make advances. The teachers have to be the adults in the situation and stop it immediately. I just find it amusing that so many pundits get on their high horses about how awful it is that these 16-18 year old young men are seducing their teachers. I can't think of a single case in which the young man in question self-reported this. Generally, it comes to light because he brags to his friends and the rumors get around, which is what happened in this case. It seems that the males involved are victims more of their own loud mouths. I do not see where anyone is claiming that the juvenile males are the ones doing the seducing. Again, teenagers do make inappropriate advances and it is up to the adults to put a stop to that behavior. Edit to add: I know one of Ven's articles is about Vili Fualaau. I would hardly say his life has been ruined--the only black mark I see is his recent DUI conviction. If he was found driving drunk saying "she ruined my life," I would agree. But it just seems that he, like a good individual I know, made a bad decision to drive drunk. I don't see a causal relationship there. If you read the whole story you will find that he has been dealing with the justice system and Letourneau being in prison while trying to help his mother raise their two young daughters since he was 13 years old. That is a pretty obvious causal relationship. http://www.crimelibrary.com/criminal_mind/psychology/marykay_letourneau/5.html (spelling edit)
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