primal

I remember being 14 and thinking that something like this would be the coolest thing that could ever happen to me. That's why people say go boy! Because we all know that 90% of 14 year old boys would be happy if any girl would have sex with them. I remember coping a feel on a teacher when I was 12. On the other hand if it was a girl, we know that generally 14 year old girls are not as compelled to have sex with anyone. Even when 14 year old girls have sex with 14 year old boys there is probably a certain amount of persuasion/cohersion being applied by the boy. That's why everyone feels like a girl is being taken advantage of. I really don't feel like that's a double standard. I know that if that teacher had come up to me when I was 14 that I would have shagged her rotten. And I'd still be happy about it to this day. I can't imagine to many women having that same outlook. Generally adolesecent boys and girls think of sex differently. Some of that difference is societies influence but a lot of it is hormonal.

Now as for the adult's involvement, I don't think it matters if it's a man or a woman they have problems. I do think that psychological treatment is a better alternative to jail for this women because I really doubt that much harm was done to the boy. She had no authority over him (she wasn't his teacher), she made no promises or threats, she just asked him if he wanted to have sex. I really don't think the boy is much of a victim here. He probably would have continued the relationship as long as he could. Remember he didn't tell his mom, they just got caught. If they had commited any other crime together (consenually with the same amount of cohersion) the boy would not be looked upon as a victim.

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