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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Beyond the fact that it is a poorly written article, the teacher is being accused of giving alcohol to minors--contributing to the delinquency of a minor--and statutory rape. Where is the confusion regarding whether or not the alleged victims are minors?
This discussion would have gone a lot different if this was a male teacher and female student; or male teacher and male student.
There probably would not be the following:
1.) Reminder of "innocent until proven guilty" (the title of this thread says "accused of...");
2.) Mention that the teenagers could be partly responsible since they requested alcohol;
3.) Mention of this potentially being one big misunderstanding; or
4.) Mention of people who have been wrongly accused in the past.
The fact that this thread has taken this turn is another gendered double standard. People are much more likely to consider alleged female offenders to be more along the lines of another victim than a perpetrator.
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The confusion is in the article itself where it said "depending on age". I'm just chalking it up to a poorly written article. I didn't know that 18 was the age of consent in TN when I said that. Most states have a lower age of consent so I was thinking that was some of the confusion.