Why does America have so many cases of student-teacher relationships?

nigel_wilson · 08-10-2017 01:59PM #1

Just watch recent YouTube videos or browse through the US versions of Yahoo News and you'll see a story of a 20-30 something attractive teacher that slept with 10 of their male students and just got a slap on the wrist.

I suppose the two obvious factors would be the large population along with the sensationalism but I'm leaning more towards culture. It seems like a rising trend in the UK which over the recent years you could say has started emulating the trash of the US.

UK Teacher Given 16 Months Over 'Full Blown' Relationship

Teacher From Bristol Has Drunken Sex With Student On A Plane

The real question I'm getting to is why doesn't Ireland have this? Our culture seems to be a clone of the UK in many ways. It can't be that we have one of the highest ages of consent can it?

steddyeddy · 08-10-2017 02:02PM

Well first of all I can tell you from living in England that Ireland has a different culture from the UK. Not better, not worse, just different. I'm not sure why this happens anywhere TBH. It can be quite damaging to the kids involved.

Uosdwis R. Dewoh · 08-10-2017 02:04PM

Population I guess. The more people, the more instances. It probably does happen here but so little. Although I guess you could argue it'd be heard about here, given it's so small.

tomwaterford · 08-10-2017 02:05PM

Probably has happened somewhere in ireland....I think there was a case in the 70s involving a nun

nigel_wilson · 08-10-2017 02:07PM

steddyeddy wrote: »

I'm not sure why this happens anywhere TBH. It can be quite damaging to the kids involved.

If you read nearly any online comments on a female teacher having sex with a male student from an news article, YouTube, Twitter etc..there is an overwhelming mindset among males of "lucky kid!" or "Damn! Where were these teachers when I was in school!". Meanwhile the reverse (male teacher and female student) would garner a much angry reaction.

I think the attitude among a lot of people is probably what contributes to this indirectly.

__..__ · 08-10-2017 02:08PM

It does happen here. Happened in my school anyway.
And at least one e other school in the town.
Nobody complains then nothing happens so it goes no further. When it's boy and teacher you will never hear a complaint.

freshpopcorn · 08-10-2017 02:33PM

I think most of us have heard about this happening in Ireland but the guys I have heard of being involved were generally happy about it and wouldn't land the teacher in it.

Biggest lickspittle on boardz · 08-10-2017 02:37PM

Well, technically the Christian Brother schools had lots of student-teacher relationships...

One eyed Jack · 08-10-2017 02:41PM

nigel_wilson wrote: »

The real question I'm getting to is why doesn't Ireland have this? Our culture seems to be a clone of the UK in many ways. It can't be that we have one of the highest ages of consent can it?

It's nothing to do with the age of consent, and the change in culture is more the fact that children and their parents are more willing nowadays to make a complaint to the authorities, whereas before, they weren't. That's why nowadays you're not just seeing more male teachers being held accountable for inappropriate relations with students, but you're also seeing a rise in the numbers of female teachers being held accountable for their actions too. The actions of either gender are no longer being swept under the carpet to the degree that they were in the past.

Pintman Paddy Losty · 08-10-2017 02:49PM

Nice....

Conor Bourke · 08-10-2017 02:50PM

Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: »

Nice....

Nice....

archer22 · 08-10-2017 02:59PM

Irish Teachers and Students are so ugly ..none of them fancy each other.

nigel_wilson · 08-10-2017 03:01PM

Cornelius Crow wrote: »

Nice....

NICE

Try 3volution from Ambi Pur!....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLFllSP6IPM

Barry Badrinath · 08-10-2017 03:03PM

Cornelius Crow wrote: »

Nice....

Niiiiice

Pac1Man · 08-10-2017 03:05PM

Setting aside the responsible comments regarding how it would be damaging to the students etc., I would have gave anything to be balls deep in my history teacher circa 2002.

endacl · 08-10-2017 03:06PM

The US has a population of 323m. Everything that happens here happens more there.

nigel_wilson · 08-10-2017 03:06PM

Pac1Man wrote: »

Setting aside the responsible comments regarding how it would be damaging to the students etc., I would have gave anything to be balls deep in my history teacher circa 2002.

I wonder if this is the same for women who were once teen girls in secondary school. Did they and do they still have sexual thoughts about male teachers?

Pac1Man · 08-10-2017 03:10PM

nigel_wilson wrote: »

I wonder if this is the same for women who were once teen girls in secondary school. Did they and do they still have sexual thoughts about male teachers?

I'm sure some do but there is quite an obvious difference between the sexes in that regard at that age generally speaking.

There would even be a difference between the males involved of course. It could be seriously damaging to some males. I would have loved it.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 08-10-2017 03:11PM

It does happen in Ireland. There's a woman in the town I live in who lost her job in a secondary gaelscoil for sleeping with a student. It didn't go to court as far as I know but she's not allowed to teach anymore

nigel_wilson · 08-10-2017 03:19PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

It does happen in Ireland. There's a woman in the town I live in who lost her job in a secondary gaelscoil for sleeping with a student. It didn't go to court as far as I know but she's not allowed to teach anymore

How old was she?

Uosdwis R. Dewoh · 08-10-2017 03:30PM

nigel_wilson wrote: »

I wonder if this is the same for women who were once teen girls in secondary school. Did they and do they still have sexual thoughts about male teachers?

Big time.

ElChe32 · 08-10-2017 03:31PM

Niiiice

Galwayguy35 · 08-10-2017 03:36PM

Those young fellas must have thought all their Christmases came (no pun intended) at once when a good looking woman in her 20/30s wanted to give them a BJ and shag them.

All we had to look at when I was in school was a nun.

mickrock · 08-10-2017 03:45PM

Pac1Man wrote: »

Setting aside the responsible comments regarding how it would be damaging to the students etc., I would have gave anything to be balls deep in my history teacher circa 2002.

He must have been a real hottie.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 08-10-2017 03:55PM

nigel_wilson wrote: »

How old was she?

She's about 39 now so I'd say late 20s at a guess

Harry Palmr · 08-10-2017 03:56PM

In Texas you have to stay in school until 19 maybe that explains some of it.

mickrock · 08-10-2017 04:13PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7SpXGz-XOc

Biggest lickspittle on boardz · 08-10-2017 08:32PM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

It does happen in Ireland. There's a woman in the town I live in who lost her job in a secondary gaelscoil for sleeping with a student. It didn't go to court as far as I know but she's not allowed to teach anymore

I know of two teachers alone in my former secondary school who were sleeping with (then) current students, and that's without even digging deeper to get more current information. So God only knows what is going on behind closed doors across the country.

Neither was reprimanded though, although it was common knowledge at the time. This was late 90's.

Jim Bob Scratcher · 08-10-2017 08:41PM

Senor Fancy Pants wrote: »

Niiiiice

Damn It, Where were all these sexed up teachers when i was in school

nice_guy80 · 08-10-2017 08:44PM

seriously though, niiice

mzungu · 08-10-2017 08:46PM

None of this happened before Van Halen released "Hot For Teacher". Blame them.

Why does America have so many cases of student-teacher relationships?

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