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Originally Posted by gargamel
If both (or all) participants are consenting and on equal footing, then it's none of our business. A high number of sexual partners shouldn't make a man more of a man or a woman less of a woman. If there's an imbalance of power, though, the person taking advantage of that imbalance is wrong, regardless of gender.
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Thats great in theory but it's simply not how the world works. Fact of the matter is most men react differently to sex and a consensual male student - female teacher relationship is rarely going to have any sort of long term negative consequences that don't exist with any other type of sex.
I'd wager that 99% of the time, it's a victimless crime.
Were as with a consensual female student - male teacher relationship, societal factors put the student at risk.
Frankly though, I think if there isn't any sort of abuse of power and every one invloved is above the age of consent, the teacher shouldn't face anything more then losing their job. Just like any company that has policies in place regarding dating.
Technically a 17 year old dating a 20 year old cop is the exact same thing... If it was 100% consensual is it viewed as an abuse of power?