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Right, so while there is some double standard in our default reaction, it's not particular baseless Isaac Send a noteboard - 01/07/2010 09:24:34 PM
Not to say that the teacher shouldn't be a bigger person and ignore it, but it's hard to feel too much pity if the student put themselves in that situation intentionally.


We see a pretty 17 year old seduce her lonely balding teacher, we're unlikely to view this situation in the same way, more like the alternate case, the lady and the younger man. The victim isn't much of a victim, and the perpetrator is viewed as weak and untrustworthy, as opposed to a vicious sexual predator. By and large though, except maybe for a lesbian interaction or a very young male, say 14 or less, there will not be too many cases where we'd tend to assume the woman in question was a vile criminal, but the emphasis always has to be 'not too many' as opposed to 'none', and vice versa, there will be cases where even though the people involved are apparently attractive older woman and normal teenage boy, some serious victimization took place, and also of course, that the victimization can go back the other way, the younger person abusing the older one, though obviously in such a case the older person is likely to need to be removed form a position of authority regardless. So long as we look at it that way, I don't think we need to worry too much that we're practicing unfair double standards.
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You know, I just can't get outraged about a female high school teacher seducing a student - 01/07/2010 04:30:48 PM 844 Views
Do you get outraged about the opposite case? *NM* - 01/07/2010 04:34:02 PM 209 Views
Do you make no difference? *NM* - 01/07/2010 05:18:12 PM 240 Views
Not really, although I'm a bit more likely to be, I guess - 01/07/2010 05:53:35 PM 539 Views
I'm not sure there really is a double standard, not exactly... - 01/07/2010 08:52:55 PM 667 Views
I agree. I think people forget that students sometimes TRY for this to happen - 01/07/2010 09:01:28 PM 510 Views
Right, so while there is some double standard in our default reaction, it's not particular baseless - 01/07/2010 09:24:34 PM 560 Views
As a teacher, I find it quite upsetting - 01/07/2010 10:55:45 PM 572 Views
Absolutely - 02/07/2010 12:34:55 AM 484 Views
I bet there was more than just one position involved. *NM* - 02/07/2010 02:00:45 AM 207 Views
you're quite right - 02/07/2010 01:48:35 AM 471 Views
I can be quite incensed about it, actually - 02/07/2010 05:31:20 AM 675 Views
Excellent post. *NM* - 02/07/2010 09:24:54 AM 197 Views
+1 *NM* - 02/07/2010 09:28:04 AM 245 Views
Good reply. - 02/07/2010 03:04:27 PM 445 Views
Good points. Especially towards the end. - 03/07/2010 01:56:49 AM 471 Views
I can. - 02/07/2010 02:32:31 PM 437 Views

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