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Originally Posted by lapka
Any sex between someone in power position and someone in dependent position like teacher and student is a "no-go". And boys mature a lot later than girls do.
I am right now reading lectures to an auditorium of 200+ engineering students. All of them are older than the age of consent is. 90+% are male 20 sth ready to bang everything that comes their way, including such an old hag like me. It just not gonna happen, because such mixing of the roles would be a disaster for my role as a teacher. I intend to keep my authority.
The problem is not forcing young men to sex. The problem is role mixing and huge difference in ability to handle emotionally complicated situations.
No one thinks it's a good idea but the pearl clutching is a little much. A 22yo having sex with a 17yo is not some national tragedy. It's consensual sex, and the age of consent is 16 or 17 in most states.
As for the teacher student dynamic yes it's a bad idea but plenty of college profs have had affairs with students and lived to tell the tale, in fact 2 profs at the school where I work are now married to their (much younger) former students. In both cases they supposedly didn't start dating until they were no longer in their class. It's really not some earth-shattering betrayal of the teacher's code imo. Especially in college... they are all adults.