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HooptieWagon

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2. In that particular case,

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2014, 07:34 PM

Jul 2014

...it was statutory rape and prison and loss of job entirely appropriate.

In the hypothetical case of a college professor and 18 or over student, it depends on the situation. If student was in professor's class, then perhaps a reprimand from school is in order, as no legal action can be taken, but its still inappropriate. If student wasn't in prof's class, nothing can be done and its pretty much their business.

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How should a teacher who has sex with a student be punished? [View all] Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 OP

*Kanye shrug* LittleBlue Jul 2014 #1

Her affair with Ison allegedly began in 2009 when he was 15 years old. yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #3

We had the Mary Kay Letourneau thing over here in Seattle when I was in high school LittleBlue Jul 2014 #6

what if it was a 40 year old guy with a 13 year old girl? yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #8

Why did you make the girl younger? pnwmom Jul 2014 #10

Typo....sorry I meant 15 yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #22

so if an 11 year old has menstrated dsc Jul 2014 #27

If they kept it quiet until she was old enough to marry him and did Warpy Jul 2014 #13

If you reverse the sexes in your OP LittleBlue Jul 2014 #17

What if it was a 50 year old guy and a 4 year old girl? Or ... 11 Bravo Jul 2014 #18

Since he married her, he probably didn't feel wronged. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 #19

I don't think anyone would 'condone' it elias49 Jul 2014 #7

Technically she isn't, since a 15 year old is not "pre-puberty." pnwmom Jul 2014 #11

That's not really pedophilia. Codeine Jul 2014 #12

Unprofessional Aerows Jul 2014 #16

Yes, ephebophilia. nt Laffy Kat Jul 2014 #32

In that particular case, HooptieWagon Jul 2014 #2

It doesn't sound like it's a case of it being forgiven gollygee Jul 2014 #4

If the student is below the applicable state law regarding age of consent Lurks Often Jul 2014 #5

I seem to recall the Bengals cheerleader/teacher also married her victim n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2014 #9

Newt married his HS math teacher.... Sancho Jul 2014 #14

The age of consent varies from state to state. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 #20

Connecticut's is 16, but with a paragraph of escape clauses. Throckmorton Jul 2014 #25

Yeah, Connecticut is really weird. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 #33

Regardless of the age of consent, should a teacher have a relationship with a student? Sancho Jul 2014 #28

I have to ask inre: Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2014 #34

It may not be "law", but reality is that in most of the South, discrimination is still pervasive. Sancho Jul 2014 #39

Prison. Kids go to school to learn, not to be raped. nt ecstatic Jul 2014 #15

...^ that 840high Jul 2014 #31

Just about any boy in my trig class Art_from_Ark Jul 2014 #47

Make them have sex with someone older than they are Generic Brad Jul 2014 #21

Is that love, or marriage to avoid criminal charges? moriah Jul 2014 #23

The same way any adult predator of teens should be. LWolf Jul 2014 #24

Keeping a person 20 plus years younger Turbineguy Jul 2014 #26

So much depends on the circumstances. This poster has many different feelings on the subject. BlueJazz Jul 2014 #29

What if the teacher was 38? oberliner Jul 2014 #35

Good question. Maybe it really boils down to "IF" one party is taking advantage of the other. BlueJazz Jul 2014 #40

Agreed Sherman A1 Jul 2014 #37

I don't believe prison would solve this problem.... Xolodno Jul 2014 #30

i guess in this case she could be prevented from Teaching again JI7 Jul 2014 #36

Loss of job. Regardless of gender/Regardless of age of consent alphafemale Jul 2014 #38

She was fired. She's a former teacher. Starry Messenger Jul 2014 #41

If the mom is okay with the marriage, what business is it of ours? Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 #42

What business is any of it? Starry Messenger Jul 2014 #44

No, I don't want this ex-teacher punished in some further manner. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 #45

there was 2 years between her marriage and her arrest. Why wasn't she prosecuted then? hrmjustin Jul 2014 #43

good question. Lionel Mandrake Jul 2014 #46