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In reply to the discussion: Teen Who Bragged About Threesome With Teachers Feels Really Bad [View all]yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)181. So if a 15 year old girl had a big hairy crush on a male teacher it's ok for him to act on it?
How about it that 15 year old girl is your daughter and the teacher is 32 and married. Still ok?
The law says minors cannot consent to sex with adults. Is the law wrong?
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Would you feel the same way if the teachers were male and the student female?
yellowcanine
Oct 2014
#170
So if a 15 year old girl had a big hairy crush on a male teacher it's ok for him to act on it?
yellowcanine
Oct 2014
#181
But to get this straight, you're okay with a 15 yr old having sex with a 32 yr old.
F4lconF16
Oct 2014
#192
Authority figures shouldn't fuck their subordinates. It's ethically questionable at best.
LeftyMom
Oct 2014
#31
The problem is that consent in those situations is basically impossible to verify.
LeftyMom
Oct 2014
#141
That reminded me of that movie "Summer of '42." It was a beautiful evocation of a kid
CTyankee
Oct 2014
#168
Not in either one. in "Summer of '42" she and the kid's famiiy were on the Vineyard
CTyankee
Oct 2014
#187
If a 16 year old girl was raped by a 32 year old man, DUers would be calling for his execution.
chrisa
Oct 2014
#20
"Losing their jobs and having to cop a plea will be punishment enough." Which I agree with. nt
AverageJoe90
Oct 2014
#189
Yes, if two male teachers were accused of having sex with a 16 year old female student, I doubt
LisaL
Oct 2014
#213
Saying those teachers "raped" that consenting kid does a disservice to the word.
Comrade Grumpy
Oct 2014
#44
If it were two random women this boy had had sex with, I might concede you the point.
nomorenomore08
Oct 2014
#63
Um, as a criminal defense attorney, I will tell you that you are utterly and completely
msanthrope
Oct 2014
#93
Of course the definitions of consent are different...you are talking different classes
msanthrope
Oct 2014
#125
And so many actual misogynists are likely calling for these women's heads on a pike.....
AverageJoe90
Oct 2014
#66
I'm sorry, but I've seen too much of this stuff in action to think otherwise.
AverageJoe90
Oct 2014
#68
17 is the age of consent. He was 16. Had he been a few months older, it would have been legal.
ieoeja
Oct 2014
#132
Two *male* teachers where I went to high school married students they impregnated.
ieoeja
Oct 2014
#137
And there doesn't seem to be any evidence that he was coerced, either, from what I could tell.
AverageJoe90
Oct 2014
#72
"Why would MRA types smack you down for spewing their crap?" You can't be serious.
AverageJoe90
Oct 2014
#64
The judge in Montana broke the law in making that sentence and a different judge was appointed
davidn3600
Oct 2014
#80
I didn't say otherwise, though. Not sure why you thought I was accusing somebody. nt
AverageJoe90
Oct 2014
#188
Not one but TWO adult women preyed upon a 16 year old BOY. That is rape. See how easy it is?
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#116