This is nothing new....

I remember one case when I was a freshman at Pinson Valley High back in 1983.

It seems more prevalent now although it may be just that the reporting is more robust. Just looking at the female teachers involved, I can't for the life of me understand why these beautiful, married women with children find the need to have sexual relations with teen boys?

There's some teachers that are worth the risk

There's some teachers that are worth the risk

I just don't think a 27 year old lady getting with a 17/18 year old boy is a big deal. And I do think the reverse is worse.

you have to wonder what in hail they are thinking. Do any of them think a high school boy is going to keep his mouth shut about banging his teacher????? Idiots.

Why?

Because men are physically bigger and more intimidating. It's a double standard that I think is justified. The big question is whether something is actually consensual. I don't have a dog in this fight.

This was something unheard of back in the 70's and 80's
I do not remember any teacher doing anything remotely close to this and now its almost a common occurrence.

This is nothing new....

If you believe this was unheard of, you're living in another world. It went on but either was handled outside the purview of the public - daddy beat that ass or the principal moved the teacher around, like Boy Scout pedophile leaders and Catholic priest pedophiles being moved around - or people didn't learn about it.

I had a friend who was screwing a teacher's wife when we were in school. I knew of another teacher who was, in today's kids' parlance, a creeper. Just too weird, and he eventually got in trouble.

That was in the early 80s. This kind of stuff has been going on a long time. Cable news and social media just make it more publicly known now.

I don't see any difference in a male student and female student. I also think it is a joke of a law and is unconstitutional for a teacher to be charged with a crime for doing something that any other person walking down the street can do with impunity.

In Alabama if a person is 16, they can legally have consensual sex with any person in the world except a teacher. It doesn't even have to be a teacher in their school. A teacher legally, can not have sex with someone until they are 19. This in my opinion is going to end up in front of the supreme court. This is a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. You can not treat one group of people different than the rest of the population. Doctors, lawyers, police officers, judge's legislatures, dentist, truck drivers, garbage men, even the governor can legally have sex with any person over the age of 16. But, get a teaching job and all the sudden, the age of consent becomes 19.

I disagree.

There are strict rules on physician patient interaction. And they are completely justified. A doctor, just like a teacher, holds a place of power in the other person's life, and there may not be such a thing as true consent.
I'm sure it's true in the military too. I doubt a 5 star general can just go around slaying female privates (no pun intended).

Obviously boys will exaggerate/Lie in the locker room and field house.

A doctor holds a place of power over their patients? You guys must have a whole different type of medical service over there. Or the doctors think a whole lot more of themselves than they should.

or broke out the paddle

The teachers I had I wouldn't have touched with a 10' pole!!!

so you would decriminalize it???

so you would decriminalize it???

Ya'll watch too much news. Keep in mind these incidents are still rare and are only known about cause of the tv. They were never reported on before there were more than 4 channels on the tv.

I'm not trying to speak for doekiller. He knows the law and I do not. If his earlier post is accurate, a 16 year old in Alabama can have sex with anyone they want, except a teacher. So a 16-17 year old kid can sleep with a cop and no crime has been committed, but sleep with a teacher and jail time is warranted, even if the teacher worked at a different school. That's effed up.

Now I fully understand school policies on prohibiting those relationships. I'm not advocating that we make easy for teachers to prey on students. But when we're holding them to a significantly higher standards than police officers and others individuals, that's messed up.

Yes. No reason the teachers should be held to a higher legal standard than anyone else. It is a violation of their equal protection rights.

Yes. No reason the teachers should be held to a higher legal standard than anyone else. It is a violation of their equal protection rights.

Doekiller with all due respect are you saying it'd be ok even if it were happening with your child???

as to your silly cop scenario, any cop caught doing that would be throw under the bus. cops get sent to prison for trading sex for tearing up tickets - no matter the age of the victim. it's an abuse of AUTHORITY.

James, the Dothan officer worked at the school, had an office there. The Mobile officer had no tie to the school, except for having sex with a consenting 16 year old. It was legal under the law, but that dosen't make it ethical or morally right in the eyes of his employer or the community.

C'mon man. Did you read anywhere that he said he was okay with it? What he did say is that teachers are treated differently than every other member of society. THAT'S what he would opt to change.

C'mon man. Did you read anywhere that he said he was okay with it? What he did say is that teachers are treated differently than every other member of society. THAT'S what he would opt to change.

I agree with you on the fact of making separate laws for people but I don't agree that an educator should just lose their job and for that fact anyone who'd prey on a child/teen should be punished..
I know I had no sense of direction when I was 16-17 YO and at 18 I made the decision to join the army and even there there were rules about who you could fraternize with and consequences if you disobeyed those rules