Reply #75: This might sound odd since I am in favor of higher penalties [View All]

During the early 80's an older female relative of mine was accused and tried for sex with one of her students. I think that he was only 15, although the penalties that she received were somewhat light so he might have been 16 (age of consent in Ohio). She was fired, lost her teaching license, had to stay away from the boy, was prohibited from leading any youth activity (including Sunday school and youth choir which she had done), and got probation. She was in her upper 40's and not particuliarly attractive but the boy didn't have a good family life and seemed to enjoy her extra attention. She was having problems in her marriage at the time, although they ended up staying married and are still married. Yes, I think she should have served some time.
The case never received more than local attention. I don't think most teacher/student cases did receive more attention than that. I guess the national media now wants to present "Women can be child molesters too." If we are talking about men, I would say almost every school system has a male teacher having sex with students every five years.