# What is the impulse behind adult female teacher - teen male student hookups? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 15, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-impulse-behind-adult-female-teacher-teen-male-student-hookups/720128 "2015-05-15T18:47:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-impulse-behind-adult-female-teacher-teen-male-student-hookups/720128/21 "2015-05-15T21:50:56Z")
Math teachers mainly. Fifteen goes into forty-five three times. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-impulse-behind-adult-female-teacher-teen-male-student-hookups/720128/22 "2015-05-15T22:22:42Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Lots of men at least talk about liking the idea of screwing virgins and “breakin’ 'em in right.” For at least some subset of women the same thinking ought to apply. I have never understood this desire, and tend to think guys who think like this are bad at sex. Maybe it’s just me, but I kind of want recognition that I’m good at it, how’s a virgin going to know? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-impulse-behind-adult-female-teacher-teen-male-student-hookups/720128/23 "2015-05-16T01:43:01Z")
Pretty much everyone has hit on it, except one thing. Pedophilia doesn’t seem to be common in these things. The victims are usually at least mid-pubescent, and most seem to be post-pubescent. I’m not advocating for changing the age of consent or the laws not allowing even kids over that age from getting with their teachers, but I do want to say it’s a far more common biological urge to be attracted to post-pubescents. The problem is not with their physical form but their mental age. And, what’s worse, female on male statutory rape is less condemned by society, and only recently been treated as a problem. Men seem more used to the idea that there are attractive younger women than it would be wrong to have sex with. We’re used to avoiding the appearance of impropriety, which has the advantage of keeping us out of situations where our genitals are making the decisions. I mean, while I don’t think it went beyond flirting, my 10th grade English teacher clearly flirted a bit with the high school athletes, and no one really thought bad of her for it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-impulse-behind-adult-female-teacher-teen-male-student-hookups/720128/24 "2015-05-16T14:46:06Z")
Good point. There is a lot of stupidity associated with many of our laws not distinguishing between having sex with a 4-year old and with a 17-year, 364-day year old. As well as a lot of non-clarity on what the term “pedophilia” means, in strict psychological parlance, legal parlance (all 50-plus flavors), and everyday use. ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-impulse-behind-adult-female-teacher-teen-male-student-hookups/720128/25 "2015-05-16T20:05:31Z")
> [@Belowjob2.0](#): > > Competition with high school girls is one factor. > > Immature/troubled women allow the girls in their school to become their peer group, and these women compete for the attention of boys the girls see as desirable. > > Doesn’t appear true in all cases, but in many, the boys are good looking, athletes in high profile sports, and so on. These are boys who have already had a fair amount of sexual experience with women, even at 12 or 13 yo. > > In other cases, as LHoD and TN mentioned, it’s straight up child molestation by people who entered the profession with those inclinations. Often because they were molested as children themselves. I agree. Also they lack personal discipline and self control. I bet that shows up in other aspects of their lives: speeding tickets, late bill payments, credit card debt, unprofessional attire. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-impulse-behind-adult-female-teacher-teen-male-student-hookups/720128/26 "2015-05-16T21:06:37Z")
What’s the impulse? They’re mentally ill human beings. There wouldn’t be any debate on this point if it was a man having sex with multiple 13 years olds; both are child molesters who need help and/or a cell. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-impulse-behind-adult-female-teacher-teen-male-student-hookups/720128/27 "2015-05-16T21:43:02Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Don’t start clogging this thread with bad shoe puns! But the thread is about vamps! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-impulse-behind-adult-female-teacher-teen-male-student-hookups/720128/28 "2015-05-16T21:55:23Z")
Have you seen some of the teenaged boys these days? They’re no less desirable than some teenaged girls. And lack of scruples or self-control in adults knows no gender. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-impulse-behind-adult-female-teacher-teen-male-student-hookups/720128.md?page=1)