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Lionel Mandrake

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42. If the mom is okay with the marriage, what business is it of ours?

Wed Jul 30, 2014, 02:57 PM

Jul 2014

Maybe the mom likes the teacher. Maybe she didn't want to alienate her son. In any case, she hasn't committed a crime and doesn't deserve any punishment.

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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