Statutory rape at DD's school
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Statutory rape at DD's school
| Wed, 06-27-2007 - 7:32am |
Article in yesterday's newspaper that a 25 year old "school aide" at DD's school had sex at least 5 times during this school year with a girl in DD's grade. It's "just" statutory rape - he didn't hurt her that we know about - but it's still creepy.
DD, DH, and I had an interesting talk about why this girl would do this, why this man would forget about the "don't have sex with children" thing, and what it means for teens and teachers in their interactions with each other.
Given how full of their own sexuality teens are, and how there are always young male teachers, I'm glad this doesn't happen more often. Shows that most teachers have better judgment and restraint.
Hmmm - sorta glad school's out for the summer!

It does make you wonder, doesn't it? When I was in hs, there was a young and pretty cute English teacher that came on board my jr. year. There were plenty of pretty 16yo girls flirting with and coming onto this guy regulalry and I've no doubt he had a very hard time putting the brakes on. Thank goodness he did! He was an awesome teacher.
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I wonder what has changed. Is it just media attention or have we seriously failed to teach young people these days where the brakes are?
It happened in our town a couple of years ago.
When I was in high school, we had a very young visual arts teacher. She was young, attractive, trendy and got along very well with her high school students. I don't know of any sexual incidents but I do know that she regularly would participate in "sharing a joint" with some of the guys when there was an opportunity. Everyone knew about it and I wonder that the school administration didn't know about it.
People of all ages sometimes have lapses in judgement.
I think this sort of thing has been going on for a long time, but it was never talked about.
Another uncomfortable topic that never used to be talked about - incest.