No. At least there’s no unusual power, granted by the state, or the use of force.
I just don’t buy that for young men sex is only above masturbating. It may be the case for some or even many young men, but I have seen many young men broken hearted and wrecked over a young woman, and she is the one who couldn’t care less.
Generalizations never work. (ha!)
It really is this simple. All of this “Derp derp, but guys like getting laid” is superlatively dumb as hell.
Whatever the age, it should be the same for males and females, gay or straight.
And I agree, that sex between a teacher and his/her student should be illegal. (Though I’d give anything to have had an affair with Mr. D., my 8th grade math teacher.)
I chose other for several reasons. Primarily, I think that teachers should be banned from having sex with their students.
It might be true that guys aren’t as sentimental about sex, but, at a young age, they might also be less aware of the differences; they might not realize that what’s a step above masturbation for them might be more impactful on their partner.
I also imagined what the situation would be like if the sexual relationship were homosexual. Would it be alright for a 27 year old man or woman to have sex with a gay 17 year old?
I’m being serious. The OP called an attractive 27-year old teacher who happens to also be a cheerleader for a football team “just one typical example.” I submit two “typical” examples of teachers who are in their 50’s and would not be hired as cheerleaders.
That shouldn’t make any difference, right aceplace?
My trouble with it is that teacher/student sex is a felony. A “spend 5 years in the clink for one night of sex with someone over 18 years old” type felony.
Lose your job, sure. Maybe get probation… but multiple years in jail for having consensual sex with someone capable of giving consent? That’s just nuts.
That’s what I think. There’s a difference between rape and sexual harassment.
I could be wrong, but I read the OP question as (almost) equivalent to “Should 16 year old human males be legally allowed to have sex, or should that be considered statutory rape?”
I have been (rightly) taken to task for calling a 15-year-old human female a little girl. Is a 16-year-old human male a little boy?
Your poll is foolish because it assumes the age of consent to be 18, which is very high by world standards.
I also think that if anything the age of consent for a female teacher/male pupil relationship should be lower than that of normal relationships on the basis the woman is far less likely to be being a predatory cougar. I wouldn’t have a problem with letting women teachers sleep with fourteen year old boys in principle.
I’m okay with prohibiting all student-teacher text because of the inherent power imbalance and the potential for disruption of the educational process. And I prefer it be criminalized because I don’t want schools to have the discretion whether or not to punish administratively. I’ve already seen that movie, thanks.
Voted no. I’m a guy.
Sir Jimmy Savile is a sick paedo, but Dame Jane Savile is fine in your book?
The hell? In what context did you say this? Because in general, anyone in the 10th grade is a little kid.
As a parent I answer this differently than I might have as a young man without children. I guess my chief concern, regardless of gender or sexual orientation, is how psychologically messed up the older adult often is in these cases. I would want neither my daughter nor my son involved with any of them.
Somewhat poorly constructed poll. The question in the poll is the reverse of the question in the title. I almost voted the wrong way…
(Yeah, yeah, I know: read it more carefully. Still… “Butterfly Ballot” and all.)
And if she wants custody of the child criminal or not, she’ll probably be given it. And it’s the boy/his parents who will pay child support to the woman.
On the contrary; judging from history (because that’s pretty much how boys were raised in the past) it leads to men being highly sexist and contemptuous of women, looking at them as toys or as a burden forced upon them. “The old ball and chain”. Coercing men into marriage produces hostility from men towards women; much as women being told that they must get married produces hostility in women towards men. It makes the other gender into the enemy.
I agree. Oh, I do think that on average that a teenage girl is going to romanticize sex more than a boy does; but there are too many exceptions to make using it as a basis for a law that treats boys one way and girls another to be a good idea.
Quite often - I’d say usually - they are. What else can you call it when two 16 year olds have sex, and the boy gets on the sex criminal list while the girl gets counseling for her “trauma”?
Enough said.
Sex with underage children is still wrong no matter the genders involved. MM, MF, FM, MMMMMFFMMFFFMFMFMFMFMF
It doesn’t matter.
I did vote the wrong way. I want my vote back. I demand a revote!