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Those wacky teacher sex cases
There’s been a lot of talk this summer about about what seemed like a bit of a run of women teachers having sex with male students. There were several high profile cases toward the end of the last school year, especially Debra Lafave (pictured above).
I can’t remember which education blog pointed me to this last week, but I found this Georgetown U. psychiatrist’s TV comments about why some women teachers become sex offenders with their students interesting.
Among the things Alan Lipman says are that teachers offending with under age students is exceedingly rare, the least common category of female sex offender, despite our media fascination with these cases. Also he emphasizes that these cases are sex offenses and that the young boys are harmed, despite the argument from some quarters that these cases are somehow not abuse.
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By Ms. Cornelius
July 29, 2006 9:25 PM | Link to this
I think I prefer “creepy,” “perverse” or “repugnant” as the adjective of choice. It is too bizarre in our society that many people think “Good for you!” about a boy who ends up in one of these situations, when of course these boys are victims of predators. The actual effects may be sublimated for months or even years, but this is hardly a “victimless crime.”