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      Abusing a position of trust is a bigger deal than it seems. Being in a position of power means there was an unspoken element of coercion in the relationship.

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              In this case, age of consent is mostly irrelevant. A 26 year old fucking a 16 year old is bad, legality is unimportant. The fact that she’s been charged, means that it’s probably not legal. How about we just say “wow, that removed raped a child”, instead of being pedantic.

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                  Legality doesn’t matter to me. This is morally wrong. The age difference is wrong. The abuse of trust and authority is wrong. And linking a wikipedia page to where this would and wouldn’t be legally okay, is a little weird. A 30 year old woman fucking her 50 year old boss is wrong in a similar way, but not necessarily illegal.

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              Your European school’s curriculum went over every single US state’s age of consent?

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                Considering I linked the info from wikipedia, this must be the stupidest comment in this thread.
                Age of a consent is a common thing in all countries, but the age is different.

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            This ain’t his first Internet argument, maybe? That’s why I know it, anyway.

            Knock it off with your bad-faith insinuations.

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              It’s weird to immediately be jumping to the defense of the teacher. This should not be hard to understand. A 26 year old woman raped a 16 year old. It’s very simple. That’s wrong, and in my humble opinion, worthy of punishment.

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      Because it’s the fact that she’s the teacher. A position of authority. It’s why a cop cannot have sex with someone who they pulled over, or why a psychiatrist cannot date their client.

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          Technically correct!

          I’m willing to bet that the staff of the student is counted as a whole. Anyone on the payroll of that school would be equally guilty.

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            I’m not sure they should be. At a large enough school, there’s plenty of staff you’d never interact with, a person you’d never know was a student or a teacher if you met them outside of school.

            Granted it’s still an ethical problem due to age, though I don’t know the age of consent law wherever this is. College is where it really gets less clear cut and more messy.

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      Next, are you going to give us a lengthy explanation of the difference between “pedophile” and “ephebophile”?

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      Um… “Abused a position of trust” ≠ rape? You might wanna check the definition, friend. 😅😶

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        Having sex with a child is rape. Statutory rape, specifically.

        “Abused a position of trust” is language used in the school I worked at, so I used their wording.

        Its a description, not a legal term, as far as I’m aware.

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          All due respect, but you seem to be confusing your awareness of the definition with the actual thing. Please do confirm for yourself what the details of this term are. 🙇🏼‍♂️✊🏼