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For those posters – especially female posters – saying that the respective gender roles of student/teacher in this situation make no real difference: no offense, but what do you know about it? Why are you so eager to dismiss the testimony of the large majority of guys here and elsewhere who say, “God, I wish Ms. What-Her-Face had molested me”? I suppose it’s possible that it’s just macho bluster that causes men to say these things, but isn’t it also possible that they talk like this because things really are different for boys? If I’m making a mistake here, it’s more likely to be that I’m overestimating the harm caused to female students than underestimating the harm caused to male students.
Note: I freely admit that there’s potential for abuse and/or damage in a male student/female teacher relationship, and that the potential for said damage increases exponentially the younger the student is. I’m just saying that the double standard on this issue isn’t ridiculousness, but rather a reflection of a common sense truth.
–VarlosZ (still pining for Mrs. Maurer, and Mrs. Castro, and Ms. Gonzales, and Professor Kizenko, and. . .)
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Perhaps due to the lack of male teachers? The older the women that reply, the less likely any of their childhood teachers were male (let alone young and good-looking).
I don’t remember male teachers in pre-school. Elementary school, only 1, music, and I was still a kid.
High school (from 7th all the way to 12th)… Probably around 5 male teachers total. All of them were old (as in close to collecting SSN benefits), gay (nothing wrong with that, but I’m female), or just plain creepy (as in you want to take a shower if he taps your shoulder creepy).
Now, there were a couple of student teachers (doing practice) and clerical workers who were young enough, and cute enough, and I wouldn’t have mind getting it on with them (and the age difference was about 10 years). BTW, I grew up in a place where 14 is legal.
It wasn’t until college that I found cuter TAs and profs that were also close to my age.