17 years old is hardly a child. What she did is an indiscretion, not a crime.
crime/krīm/Noun
1. An action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law:
Don’t know the laws of the state, but there are laws against teachers having sex with students. This has come about because there are so very many of these cases now, the law has gotten involved.
It is wrong on every level and in every way that someone in a personal fiduciary situation - public trust to do what is best for those in their charge and not to selfishly pursue personal interests by using those entrusted to them - therefore, since this public trust is constantly violated these days, laws have been applied.
Now to the sexist view of things...if the student were a 17 year old girl, if she were your daughter, and the teacher were male or female, no matter, how would it look to you then.....
If the above isn’t blunt enough, let me be blunt. It isn’t that the 17 year old boy is seen as a child. That isn’t it at all. It is that it’s a teacher and student and as stated above, that is now being dealt with legally because of a crying need...
He’s under 18. That makes him a minor, that makes it a crime. And it makes her a rapist.