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In the United States, for about the past decade or so, there have been a somewhat steady stream of stories of high school (students approximately between the ages of 13-17 years old) and sometimes middle school (11-13 year olds) female teachers who have s.e.xual relations with their male students.

Now, there are also, of course, stories of adult male teachers who have consensual relations with female students. However, I notice the reaction by society between female and male teachers who have consensual relations with students is markedly different. As you could expect, male teachers are deservedly crucified by the public. On the other hand, female teachers, especially if they are regarded as being attractive, are often lightly reprimanded by the general public.

I don't know the average sentences given for female and male teachers by the courts. But again, it wouldn't surprise me if, on average, female teachers serve less time than their male counterparts.

So, in cases of consensual relations with students, do you see a difference between female teachers who have relations with male students and male teachers who have relations with female students? Would you sentence both to serve the same jail/prison terms if their 'crimes' were both the same? Why do you think society is more tolerant of statutory rapist female teachers than male teachers?

And here's a convenient list of *recent* cases. I know one of the first publicized incident of this happening isn't on there, so I can only imagine how many others the article didn't list:

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=39783

Some I am personally selecting from the story:



Abbie Jane Swogger

Abbie Jane Swogger, 34: Teacher's aide at Highlands Senior High School in Harrison, Pa., was arrested Feb. 22, 2008, for renting a hotel room where police found beer, marijuana, an open condom wrapper and at least four teenage girls and boys, including several of her 15-year-old son's friends. Though categorically denying rumors she was having sex with students from the school, Swogger was quoted as saying, "I was stupid, very stupid. I already know I was and I can understand you looking at me wrong. It's the biggest mistake I ever made in my whole life." Police allege Swogger "asked or encouraged" two 15-year-old runaway girls to have sex with her. According to a police papers, Swogger admitted to having sex with a 17-year-old boy and asked police, "How serious is that?" The one-time exotic dancer resigned Feb. 25, 2008. Swogger accepted a 3- to-6-year jail term that included a 36-year probation on May 26, 2009. "I'm sorry I was not the role model I should have been. I'm really sorry," she told the judge.

Alison Peck, 23: Former teacher at Greenfield High School in Greenfield, Mo., was charged May 22, 2009, in Green County with statuatory rape after convincing two friends to help her spend a night at a motel in Springfield with a 16-year-old boy who used to be her student. Peck had already been charged in Dade County on May 14 with having sexual relations with the boy at a park in that county sometime between January and March. On the day after receiving that citation, she arranged with friends to meet the boy at the Springfield motel. On May 17, she was charged with statuatory sodomy and statuatory rape because the boy told the detective that he had liaisons with Peck at her home in Mount Vernon. Judges have set bonds of $2,500 in Dade County, $10,000 in Lawrence County, and $200,000 in Greene County and Leo has been issued a no-contact order, told to stay 1,000 feet away from the boy's home and school and to surrender her passport.

Allenna Ward, 24: Minister's daughter from Laurens County, S.C., was a second-year teacher at Bell Street Middle School in Clinton, S.C., when she was fired Feb. 28, 2007, for allegedly having sex with at least five boys. Some of the purported victims, ages 14 and 15, were students at Ward's school. Authorities say the married woman had sex with the boys not only on campus, but also at a motel, in a park and behind a restaurant. On Sept. 6, 2007, Ward pleaded guilty to six charges – three second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and three lewd acts on a minor. "Today, I publicly admit my guilt and would like to apologize. I sincerely apologize for the effects of my actions," she told the court. On Feb. 19, 2008, she was sentenced to six years in prison.

Amy Beck, 33: Teacher at David Starr Jordan Middle School in Burbank, Calif., surrendered to police March 8, 2010, apparently overcome by guilt, according to authorities. She allegedly had a sexual relationship with one of her male students, who was 14 at the time, from March to September 2009. Beck was charged with five counts, including four counts of unlawful sex with a person under 16 and one count of oral copulation with a person under 16. She faces up a maximum sentence of up to seven years in state prison.

Amy McElhenney, 25: Charged with having a sexual relationship with an 18-year-old male student, the 25-year-old Hebron High School Spanish teacher and former Miss Texas contestant will not be serving any jail time after a Denton County, Texas, grand jury refused to issue an indictment in September 2006. While the age of consent in Texas is 17 years, a state law bans sexual relationships between educators and students even if the student is of legal age and the relationship is consensual. She could have faced 20 years in prison if indicted and convicted.

Amy Northcutt, 26: Former history teacher at Turlock Christian School in Turlock, Calif. was arrested on June 2, 2008, along with her husband, Justin Northcutt, 27, a substitute teacher at the same school, for sending erotic text messages to a 16-year-old female student and attempting to arrange group sex with her. Police were called in when the girl's mother became suspicious of Mr. Nothcutt's attention toward her daughter.

Amy Yarbrough, 32: Third-year English teacher at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem, N.C., was arrested Dec. 3, 2009, and charged with having an illegal sexual relationship with a student. Authorities filed seven counts of sexual activity with a student and three counts of taking indecent liberties with a student. All of the charges are felonies.

Andrea Martinez, 26: Schoolteacher with the Stanfield Elementary School District in Maricopa County, Ariz., was arrested June 30, 2010, when police, using night-vision goggles from a distance, observed two individuals in her white SUV appearing to have consensual sexual intercourse. Officers learned that the male in the car was only 14 years old and a former student of Martinez. Reportedly, both admitted to having sexual intercourse before the officers arrived and the teen claimed the same had happened the previous month.

Angela Comer, 26: Middle-school teacher from Tompkinsville, Ky., fled with her alleged lover, her 14-year-old male student, before being tracked down in Mexico where she reportedly planned to marry the boy. Comer later claimed she was forced at gunpoint by the boy to go to Mexico. She was indicted in January 2006 for illegal sex acts with a minor and returned to Kentucky. Charges included felony custodial interference, two counts of third-degree sodomy and four counts of unlawful transaction with a minor relating to sexual acts. On May 9, 2007, Comer pleaded guilty to one-count of third-degree sodomy, and was slated to serve 10 years in prison as part of a plea agreement.

WTF?

Angela Stellwag, 24: Delran, N.J., woman accused of having sex in her apartment with a 14-year-old boy she met in school. She was charged with sexual assault for activity that allegedly took place in August 2004. She pleaded not guilty in August 2006.

Anna Bettencourt, 38: The teacher at Bliss High School in Gooding County, Idaho, was arraigned on Feb. 18, 2009, on two counts of sexual battery of a minor child 16 years of age. Due to an undisclosed conflict of interest, the prosecuting attorney's office will petition the court to appoint a special prosecutor.

Anne Knopf, 39: Former substitute teacher at Prescott Middle School in Wisconsin was charged Nov. 5, 2007, with sexual assault of a child under 16. She is accused of having a sexual relationship with the 13-year-old former boyfriend of her own daughter.

April Watson, 33 and Ashley Burkett, 31 : Two Jay High School teachers in Jay, Fla., were arrested Aug. 6, 2009 on charges that they had sex in their homes with teenage boys in 2007. "The investigation was initiated on July 28, 2009 after an anonymous letter was sent to the Santa Rosa County School District alleging sexual relationships between two Jay High School teachers and male juveniles," Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Scott Haines said. The alleged activity took place between July and Cotober 2007 at the two teachers' residences. Burkett taught reading and special education students and was assistant volleyball coach last school year, according to the Jay High School web site. Watson taught math and was the advisor for the junior varsity cheerleaders, also according to the school web site. Watson was to be the varsity cheerleader sponsor for the upcoming school year and Burkett was to be the varsity volleyball coach.

Ashley Flores, 26: Former East Junior High teacher in Ponca City, Okla., was charged Oct. 1, 2008, with second-degree rape after prosecutors said she had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old former student over the summer. According to the court affidavit, Flores had sex with the boy at her home while her own children were there.

Autumn Leathers, 24: English teacher at Mountain Ridge High School in Alleghany County, Md., was arrested Aug. 20, 2008, for allegedly having a sexual relationship with one of her 16-year-old students. Officers say they were contacted by a resident, who noticed the student at Leathers’ home several times in the late evening. Leathers was sentenced to five years of unsupervised probation on April 1, 2009. She was also required to register as a sex offender for her conviction on one count of fourth-degree sex offense. A one-year jail term was suspended during her court appearance. Leathers pleaded guilty to the crime in January. In return, the state dropped more serious charges, including child abuse and assault.

Barbara Anderson, 37: Math teacher at Kentlake High School in King County, Wash., was booked March 17, 2011, on felony charges for allegedly having sex with one of her 17-year-old students. According to court documents, Anderson was the boy's math teacher and after-school tutor during his sophomore year. Seattle's KOMO-TV reports school officials initially contacted authorities March 8 after the boy's mother approached Kentlake staff members. The mom reportedly became suspicious about the relationship after seeing an large number of text messages between her son and the teacher. Anderson allegedly texted the boy roughly 800 times, including more than 100 texts in a 24-hour period. The teen also told his uncle "he was getting laid by a teacher."

Beth Ann Chester, 27: Former Moon Area High School health and gym teacher in Pittsburgh was sentenced to 1 1/2 to 3 years in jail on Aug. 20, 2008, after pleading guilty to three charges stemming from the romantic relationship she had with a then-14-year-old boy. Chester, who was married, admitted to having sex with the boy numerous times, including once in the school parking lot. Her husband filed for divorce a month after her January 2008 arrest.

Cameo Patch, 29: Substitute teacher at Tooele High School in Tooele, Utah, arrested for allegedly performing oral s.e.x on a 17-year-old male student. The s.e.xual activity was allegedly consensual, and reportedly took place off school grounds after the pair had exchanged phone numbers in a restaurant. In November 2006, Patch was sentenced to no jail time, despite comments from the judge that a man would have likely gone to prison.

Carrie McCandless, 29: The former Colorado social-studies teacher, who also happens to be married to the principal, was charged in November 2006 with having had sexual contact with a 17-year-old male student during an overnight school camping trip. The instructor, who also coached cheerleading, pleaded guilty April 24, 2007, to felonies of tampering with physical evidence and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She also pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor of unlawful sexual contact with a minor. She was not expected to serve any jail time.

Carrie O'Conner, 33: Counselor at Montgomery County High School in Mount Vernon, Ga., arrested Aug. 13, 2007, for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old male student. The relationship is said to have lasted from January through July. According to police, the abuse was first reported in March 2007 to a teacher and a probation officer, but they were reportedly reluctant to inform the superintendent because O'Conner is the superintendent's daughter.

Christie Elliot, 25: English teacher and cheerleading coach at Empire High School in Vail, Ariz., turned herself in at the Tucson Police headquarters May 17, 2010, where she was charged with one count each of luring a minor for sexual exploitation and sexual conduct with a minor. The boy's father reportedly found inappropriate messages on his child's cell phone, and a subsequent investigation revealed that Elliot had a physical relationship with the student.

Christina Oliver, 24: Teacher at NcNair High School in Stockton, Calif., was arrested Feb. 10, 2009, on suspicion of having sex with a male student, 16. She was booked into San Joaquin County Jail on three charges involving child molest or annoyance, lewd or lascivious behavior with a minor, and contact with a minor for the purpose of committing an offense with the minor.

Christine Brown Jouini, 38: The 11th and 12th-grade teacher at Center Academy in Coral Springs, Fla., was arrested June 6, 2008, after police learned she had been involved in a sexual relationship with one of her male students for more than a year. The boy said the relationship began when he was 16 years old and that he and Jouini had "sexual contact" more than 100 times.

Christine McCallum, 29: The former fifth-grade teacher at Woodsdale Elementary School in Abington, Mass., was arrested on June 8, 2008, after the father of a 16-year-old boy went to authorities with copies of letters McCallum, married, had written to the boy. According to charges, she is accused of having consensual sex over 300 times with the teen, beginning when he was 13. McCallum was a tutor for the alleged victim's younger brother.

Christine Spaich, 28: Teacher and volleyball coach at Silverado Middle School in Roseville, Calif., arrested April 6, 2007, for alleged unlawful intercourse with a minor and other related charges. Police say Spaich had a six-month relationship with a 16-year-old boy identified as a former student at her school. Detectives said the relationship appeared to be consensual and that the boy was not forced. Spaich entered a "no contest" plea July 3, 2007, and was sentenced to four months in jail, four years probation and 400 hours of community service. An application for alternative sentencing could let the teacher avoid jail time altogether.

Claire Richards, 35:The math teacher at Jordan High School in Columbus, Ga., was arrested Dec. 19, 2008, following an investigation by police and Muscogee County School District officials into reports of an inappropriate relationship between her and a 16-year-old male student. The eight-year veteran of the district was charged with two counts of sexual assault on a person in custody, four counts of interference with custody and 17 counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Courtney Bowles, 31: Instructional coach at the Mountain View High School in Loveland, Colo., was arrested Jan. 22, 2011, after she and a 16-year-old boy were allegedly found naked in a parked car and admitted having sex. She is suspected of sexual assault on a child, sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, all felonies. On Jan. 24, 2011, Magistrate Matthew Zehe ordered Bowles to have no contact with the alleged victim, his school, his family or anyone younger than the age of 18, including her own children. "I know this will have a significant impact on Ms. Bowles' ability to see her own children," the judge said.

Deanna Bobo, 37: Special-education teacher at Raymond E. Wells Junior High School in Greenwood, Ark., allegedly had sex twice in 2005 with a 14-year-old boy in his own bed while his parents were not home. She denied the charge, but was convicted in September 2006 of two counts of first-degree sexual assault and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Debra LaFave, 25: Tampa, Fla., area teacher received no jail time despite having sex with her 14-year-old male student in a classroom and her Hillsborough County home. In another county, Marion, she was accused of having sex with the boy in an SUV. LaFave claimed at a March 2006 news conference she had a bipolar disorder. The boy's father said LaFave should have received prison time in her plea deal, noting, "It's a horrible, ugly thing that she's done."

Elizabeth Munn, 32: Gloversville, N.Y., teacher was arrested for statuatory rape of an eighth-grade male student half her age after someone alerted police with a complaint. The social studies teacher, who had worked in the Broadalbin-Perth School District for more than five years, was considered a competent teacher and the news of her arrest was called a surprise by a district official. According to the Fulton County D.A., Munn admitted to being involved with the 15-year-old student over the summer but wouldn't give any details.

Elizabeth Stow, 26: Tulare Western High School teacher from Fresno, Calif., area convicted of having sex with three of her students was sentenced in November 2005 to nine years prison, but the judge suspended that sentence and gave her one year, followed by five years of probation. She was also ordered to register as a sex offender.

To be continued.....

As you could expect, male teachers are deservedly crucified by the public. On the other hand, female teachers, especially if they are regarded as being attractive, are often lightly reprimanded by the general public.
I don't know the average sentences given for female and male teachers by the courts. But again, it wouldn't surprise me if, on average, female teachers serve less time than their male counterparts.
Would you sentence both to serve the same jail/prison terms if their 'crimes' were both the same? Why do you think society is more tolerant of statutory rapist female teachers than male teachers?

Well I guess you're asking these questions to non-muslims becouse you know the answers of islam..
The reason why I think society is more tolerant to female is that if there was no giver(male),then there wouldn't be any receiver(female)..you know that physical rape happens in direction from male to female, females can only attempt for seduction which would be lesser crime than actual physical rape(contact) of male..

Berrin, statutory rape involves an adult having *consensual* s.e.x with a minor. So I don't see any technical difference between a male teacher having relations with an underage female student than a female teacher having relations with an underage male student.

In both circumstances, all parties were not forced to have any type of relationship with the adult. So, I'm wondering why society brushes off female 'abuse' of underage minors but would crucify (and deservedly so) any adult male who sleeps with underage female students.

I think it's a combination of the political correctness what needs to show that females are the victims of the males and the fact that when a man is retarded as hell, he seems criminal but when a woman is the same then she is just.. Blondish and irresponsible for her actions.

Btw, the stupidity seems to be puring out of some of those pictures, take Amy Northcutt (the 6th one) for example.

Hey, EH, do you feel you were overlooked and deprived of teacher comfort (either male or female)??

There do seem to be a lot of suspended sentences in that list. At least a convicion means they won't be working with children again. School shouldn't be a pick up joint where teachers look for action.

Actually I think things have improved since I was a kid. When I was in high school back in the 80's, there was one male teacher who seemed to like flirting with the girls. Rumour had it that he had an affair with a student. Statutory rape didn't seem to be something people wanted to confront.

I can easily see a problem with young teachers who have just graduated and are sometimes only 4 or 5 years older than their students. (I've had a student flirting with me before!) Still, the problem is that a teacher is in a position of power over students and it shouldn't be abused. The fact that the females get off on light sentences really bothers me, because it holds up the stereotype that boys/men are studs for having se.x with female teachers, whereas girls/women are victims if they sleep with their male teachers - the punishment for the teachers being meted out accordingly. Any student should be considered a victim if they are encouraged to participate in se.xual relations with their teacher who holds a lot of power over them.

Now if the ladies were covered from head to toe , I dont see this sort of a problem , Just saying

I was wearing business attire and didn't dress like a hoochie mama when teaching, yet I still had a student flirt. Zubber, a beautiful face and smile and nice personality can attract men, even if the body is completely covered. So what is the solution? Make women leave the workforce and stay at home where they won't come into contact with boys and men who are not family members. That is called oppression of women.

How about people use some sense to not act on attractions that are unacceptable given the age and power relationship of the two parties involved.

More probable in this case, if the school boys were all dressed like ninja's, the problem would be less.

First of all good to have to back Sp.K

kanelli wrote:I was wearing business attire and didn't dress like a hoochie mama when teaching, yet I still had a student flirt.

Well them kids are raging with hormones, the flirtation is bound to happen

kanelli wrote:Zubber, a beautiful face and smile and nice personality can attract men, even if the body is completely covered.

Agreed, personality and grace are powerful attractors without any doubt

kanelli wrote:So what is the solution? Make women leave the workforce and stay at home where they won't come into contact with boys and men who are not family members.

leaving the workforce is out of the question, since it is both impractical and detrimental to society, perhaps as some of the members have suggested behavioral modification should be incorporated at an early age perhaps at the primary level

kanelli wrote:That is called oppression of women.

You're right, women should be allowed to walk naked , and anyone who casts a glance at them , should be imprisoned

kanelli wrote:How about people use some sense to not act on attractions that are unacceptable given the age and power relationship of the two parties involved.

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The word Common Sense is an oxymoron

Thanks for the welcome back You know what Zubber, I'm all for women covering as long as the men wear exactly the same attire. Black ninja outfits for everyone!

I've got a Pakistani family living in my condo. The mother sits by the pool in her black outfit and head scarf while her husband swims with the kids in only swimming trunks. His chest, arms, legs, and head are completely exposed to all the other women in the pool. Now clearly that man has a lot of respect for his wife and his religion

Well , Speaking of ninja's , Here is a good video on "How to kill a Ninja"