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Originally Posted by TexanAvenger
Better watch out or somebody might tag you for serving alcohol to minors... 
But seriously, all the guys on here that're rooting the kid on, stop. Averett seems to be one of the more sensible people on here in pointing out that it's no different than if it were a male teacher and a female student. What's more, there's the legality issue (though I find that to be the lesser of the issues here).
Honestly, I think the kid's making it all up. Maybe she wasn't his teacher, but a friend's? I've known kids to attack teachers by making things up before and, while people can be pretty screwed up, I find it hard to believe that she was attracted to a 14 year old. Not because of how she looks, but because of the immaturity of the average 14 year old. Imagine you're in her position. Is a pimply, whiny, kid the kind of thing you desire? The whole story just doesn't cut it with me, doesn't add up quite right. |
I don't think her position is any more sensible than someone who says that this is acceptable behavior. especially if that person thinks if the gender roles were reversed, that situation would be acceptable, too.
As I do.
Where does the outrage stem from other than the fact that those outraged accept the laws as determined. I think these age categories are outmoded and irrational. I'd also note that the reason for the outrage differential between boys/girls is not due to females being "weaker" sex, but maybe people think that. Even if it were, it should be noted that a 14 year old girl is more mature than a 14 year old boy. But if either one can understand the difference between right and wrong, between sexuality and not being a sexual being, then all power to the two human beings deciding what they want to do with their lives outside the webs of control society feels the need to constrain their human sexuality.
I ask myself this: if a 14 year old boy or girl can decide to pick up a gun and kill someone, resulting in being charged as an adult and sent to prison
and if that same adolescent can decide to aid in committing a "crime" by saying--don't worry, I won't tell if we do this or that
then that same adolescent is demonstrating the same mental capacity of determining between right and wrong for himself just as the 14 year old can be determined to be of adult reasoning capacity in the offense of murder.
if an adolescents can be determined to reason like an adult when committing murder or assault, then they can be determined to reason like an adult when it comes to sex.
What I think is "fucked up" is people wedded to traditional views on behavior or laws without critically assessing the foundation they rest upon.