Friday, December 16, 2005

Apparently, Mrs. Robinson Is Everywhere

The Australian has a piece talking more about females abusing young males:
CINEMA audiences were shocked and titillated when the predatory Mrs Robinson seduced a college kid in the 1967 film The Graduate. Forty years later, Mrs Robinson is turning up everywhere, including in the schoolyard and with under-age partners.

In the latest Australian cases to hit the headlines, two female teachers are accused of sexual relationships with 15-year-old boys. Bridget Nolan, 24, of Adelaide faces the prospect of jail after pleading guilty to having sex with a pupil, while a 36-year-old Melbourne woman has been charged after allegedly engaging in oral sex on six occasions this year with a student attending her North Melbourne school.

A third Australian, former Melbourne PE teacher Karen Louise Ellis, was released in October after six months in prison following her affair with a 15-year-old student. His mother, the same age as Ellis, reported the pair after finding 499 text messages from the former teacher on her son's mobile phone.

In the US, a rash of high-profile cases involving female teachers and their teen lovers has led to a raging debate over whether a double standard applies when it comes to the way society, the media and the courts view sexual misconduct and the web of ethical, moral and legal issues involved.

At the heart of the debate is Debra Lafave, 25, a Florida teacher described in news reports as a sexpot, "hottie" and the subject of every teenage boy's dreams. Lafave's blonde good looks and second job as a bikini model led to her defence lawyer in effect claiming she was too pretty to send to jail for repeated sex with a 14-year-old pupil.

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