Age is such a bummer. Sure, it says nothing of love. It asks if the kid is a "victim" due to the sexual act. Obviously not. He CONSENTED to the sex. Even if their was no love and he was just a horny kid, their is no victim and thus there should be no punishment.

If a male student under age 18 has consensual sex with a female school teacher, is he the "Victim" of a crime?

it says nothing of love, the situation is not explained, the question gives no details at all so how can you make an informed desion on who is the "victim". All it says is he consentuated to to sex but is he the one who initiated it or is she? We dont know, each and every situation is different and each and every situation you will have a new opinion. If they formed a mutual relationship then no i dont think age should matter. If she initiated the situation and he went along with it then yes she should be held responsible because as said before teenage boys take what is offered to them and as an older woman she should know that, in my opinion he would be the victim. If he initiated the situation and she acceppted then neither should be at fault because again as an older woman she should be able to restrain herself, and you cant be the victim if you initiate it. Every scenerio is different and there could be more than the three i just commented on. Things like statatory rape should not be considered opon by age or years between they should be considered on by each individual situation.

Age of consent should be just that. If the person is above the age of consent it should not matter who they have sex with. If the age of consent is 16 I see no difference with them having sex with someone who is 17 years, 11 months, 28 days; and someone who is 18 years and 1 day. I think that the problem is with parents that try to have the legal system put restraints on their children instead of raising children that have self restraint. And to those who think I have never raised children, I have 6, all doing well. When did we as a society completely abdicate personal responsibility? And as my last point, why do so many people think that there is such a difference between males & females? Are we raising our daughters in such a manner that they are less able to make wise decisions? We claim to want our sons and daughters to be treated equally but our comments and actions indicate that we really don't believe that they are equal.

I wouldn't say the male is the victim in this case. If he consents, he's the one committing the crime, not having the crime committed upon him. Or if he is having it committed upon him, he's bringing it upon himself.

Just because I don't say he's a victim doesn't mean it has no negative effect... it most likely will affect him negatively. But if he's consenting, he's not the victim. He's the criminal.

It's amazing to me that your poll shows more people think it's not a crime than do. These people must not have kids and must have absolutely no character what-so-ever. There is no way that it will ever be acceptable for any school teacher to have sex with any child. Not in my book. I don't care if it's a boy or a girl. These are kids, our kids, deserve better than that. Teachers have no right to take a parents trust for granted and certainly have no right taking our childrens trust or their virginity. Somehwere along the way, people have completely lost there self respect, self control, and they are dead when it comes to actually believing in something decent if they think this is OK. Sick man.... really sick.

The laws should be the same for both male or female, i see most men going to prison life for rape, for a man having sex with a girl under the age of 18 years old, but then i see only a few women even getting arrested for it we all know there's about as many women out there having sex with boys under the age of 18 but it seem's there's not much being done about it,unless its a school teacher where it will make a good news headline, and like that one teacher was having sex with that one boy that was only 13 years old, hell if that would have been a man having sex with a 13 year old girl they would have tryed to give him a life sentences for ever time he had sex with her, and hell they only gave that teacher a few years in prison and then she got out early and went right back and started having sex with him again and got pregnant by him again,, whats the damn deal here, the women always saying they want equal rights, hell they have much better rights than a man does already, the law and courts do not treat women the same as they do man, i throught the law was soppose to be fair to ever person, but look at the sentences women get for the same crimes as men, a man gets life for rape, a woman only gets a few years for the same crime, for murder a man gets death or life w/o and a woman only gets a few years, like a man kills his wife he get life or death, but a woman gets up there and cry's about how bad he treated her and beat on her, and only gets 3 r 4 years most times, so what happen to equal rights.. Rape is Rape, and Murder is Murder so why is it most women are getting away with it all....

It doesn't surpise me that some people dont think guys could be victims. I'm a guy. I'd never admit to being vicimized by a woman. From the male perspective, what kind of wimp would that make me? I'd probably be labeled some kind of a freak.

But, there is something really twisted and wrong with these female teachers nailing kids.

Guys in highschool are like walking sex donors. We will "donate" to just about any cause. It's just what we do. We think about sex and want sex all day every day 99% of our awake hours. The teen years are actually where we learn about control. The majority of us learn to control our sex drive during these years. We have to.

Girls are different. Girls actually wrap feelings and emotions around sex. It's like it becomes part of their identity. Guys NOT so much. it's just about the sex. We want sex. Bang it and we're good.

A guy in his teens can get messed up in the head pretty bad from one of these teachers. I know this for a fact. I watched it happen years ago to a friend of mine in highschool. He was the coolest guy in school and had a relationship with one of the hottest teachers. That relationship really screwed with him bad and in one way or another it's messed him up his entire life. Do you think he would admit it though? Hell no!

Telling a highschool kid (guy) to say "No" to the seductions of a hot teacher is a joke. Of course they will say YES! That's exactly the point. If it's there first time, this is a person they would naturally trust. Guys are vulnerable. Guys can be victimized by woman. I really doubt that many would admit it though and it's too bad because if they are screwed up in there teens, it means they probably won't ever get help.

The last thing we need are female teachers acting on sexual impulses with our male children in the most vulnerable point of their lives. Probably sounds old fashioned to most, but if you want to raise a "Man" with healthy perceptions of women and relationships, this type of teacher will destroy any chance he has. If a female teacher has no more self control than that and does not value ethics or integrity in a class room full of kids with raging hormones, then she should NOT have picked the teaching profession.

In terms of the "love relationship" excuse? Where is the "equality" in this type of relationship? A 25-30 year old female who is through highschool, through college, has a degree, traveled, lived life, could have any pick of any number of guys (in an equal age group) for a relationship, but she wants sex with a 15 year old? Please give me a f---ing break. She's a pedophile and a criminal.