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By now, you've likely heard of Debra Lafave: the 25 year old teacher who had sex with a 14 year old boy. Recent news suggests that the Greco middle school teacher plead guilty rather than insane to the two charges of lewd and lascivious battery, and she will also not be serving prison time. Lafave will instead serve three years community control (house arrest), seven years probation, and be registered as a sex offender.
First off, how odd is it that this story gets so popular just because it's a female teacher? I mean, how many young male teachers have had sex with students in this world? Let's just say, so many that they even joke about it on tv from time to time, and it remains topic amongst teens in high school.
No kidding.
How many students flirt with their cute male teachers to the point of having sex with them just for a good grade and for the prestige of it among peers?
I'm not condoning either situations, by any means. It is absolutely wrong of a teacher to have any sort of relations with youth other than as strickly platonic.
I'm just saying that the media is pretty pathetic in blowing up commonplace stories just for the sake of keeping viewership. Maybe they're even hoping for a bigger scoop if Lafave were to marry her teenaged partner similar to Mary Kay Letourneau, the 43 year old schoolteacher who married a student, Vili Fualaau, 10 years after they were caught having sex when he was just 12 years old.
H*ll, the media would probably even go so far as to pay Lafave and her mate to get married just for a bloody story.
But, I digress, apparently, Six meat buffet is offering his home to Lafave to carry out her three years house arrest in his basement. And I'm sure it's legit, too, no shackles or dungeon-like atmosphere or anything kinky like that, right?
Comments
The only things that will happen during Debra's convalescence are those things which Mrs. Holmes approves in advance.
And she's a sicko.
Posted by: Preston Taylor Holmes | November 28, 2005 05:23 PM
lol, hey, don't they say something like, uh, what was it... takes one to know one.
Kidding of course, but had to add that.
Posted by: Sam | November 28, 2005 06:10 PM
How many 14 year old boys wish they could have sex with a teacher, or anyone, who looked like Lafave? I wish I could have been traumatized by a teacher like her when I was young
Posted by: Me4President2008 | November 28, 2005 06:18 PM
Female teachers having sex with students has nearly become an epidemic here in the states. It seems like there is a new case every couple of weeks. There are two reasons why Lafave got more attention than other cases: 1. She's smokin' hot. 2. Most people saw that she was smokin' hot and thought, "what the hell was she thinking?" and wanted to know more.
Posted by: Jib | November 28, 2005 06:31 PM
Yeah, just imagine all the cases that you aren't hearing about. The media only picks up on topics that people go crazy about. Not to mention the cases that go unreported. I imagine myself being fourteen again, and my hot teacher comes into my bedroom...uhhh...I mean uh, my hot teacher hits on me. I'm probably not going to report it...
Posted by: von | November 28, 2005 09:39 PM
Sorry, don't know about Lafave? There have been quite a few stories like this floating around past the time of LeTourneau. I catch a few here and there, but I must have missed this one. I didn't know there was one as young as her. I know there was a teacher in upstate New York at a boys private school, but I thought I remember her being a brunette and in her thirties. Then, did you hear about the marriage (or proposed marriage) between another thirty something and a 14, 15 year old boy? Forgot which state. They were trying to bring up charges against her. I think maybe these women should maybe start their own female priesthood...
Posted by: lesley | November 29, 2005 11:53 AM
I'm not condoning either situations, by any means.
You almost ended up owing me a new keyboard, when I thought you said condemning, instead of condoning.
One of the comments on Fark regarding this story, was to the effect that the effects of the crime were mitigated by the fact that it was the best thing that ever happened to the victim.
I'm as puzzled by anyone as to what principle underlies that (1) we somehow don't condemn woman teachers who shag male students as much as when it's the other way around and (2) the amount of attention it gets. Of course, both of those things are understandable...
Posted by: RP. | December 1, 2005 04:21 AM