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Originally Posted by HPLovecraft
Then I don't think there has to be some kind of ulterior motive if that's legally what it's supposed to be called.
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The law differentiates between rape and statutory rape, and there's a significant difference between the two, as well as our perception of them.
Statutory rape applies whether consent was given or not. Rape applies when consent is withheld or the person is in a condition in which they could not give consent (eg: intoxicated).
When someone says "I got raped", it typically refers to the act of rape where consent isn't given. This is just me, but if I were in this kid's place, I wouldn't use the same word to describe consensual sex with my teacher. And it would be consensual, given that all you can really think about as a 16 year old male is sex. Hell, as a
26 year old male, I evidently haven't changed much. He's painting himself as a victim and in the enthusiastically litigious United States, I immediately think he's been instructed by someone to take this position for potential gain... such as suing the school district as we've seen in the past.
It's a cynical way of looking at it, but I can't help but draw a parallel to how I was at that age... and unless the female teacher had been a sea donkey, it would have been game on.