Posted on 03/21/2006 9:41:57 AM PST by okiecon
Dang Van Dinh, a male chemistry teacher at Orlando's Boone High School, was ordered to prison for five years for having sex with a 15-year-old girl.
But Debra Lafave, a female teacher who had sex with a 14-year-old student in suburban Tampa, was merely placed on house arrest for her crime.
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and much of that bias is here on FR...
Yes it does. Witness the recent thread on daddy child support!
Criminal behavior is criminal behavior regardless of the sex of the perpetrator and should be punished equally. These type women are sexual predators.
Haven't you heard? Men are the disposable sex.
There is a difference, for the boy it is a badge of honor. For the girl it is a "slut" label for life. Maybe not fair, but it is a fact.
Yes, but (if this is the case I am thinking of) the Judge said she was much too pretty to serve time in jail. Obviously, Dang Van Dinh is not a GQ model quality man, and therefore can be served up to the prisoners like, wel, fresh fish.
Equal protection clause argument:
"If a woman can "Opt Out" and not accept responsibility for a newborn, then why can't a man "Opt Out" of the responsibility as well?
-good argument-
According to some FReepers the damage a female teacher does to a male student isn't quite as bad as a male teacher to a female. To them, the male student is such a lucky kid to have scored with a female teacher. That's really something to brag about! This lopsided argument bothers me too. To me it makes no difference and the punishment should be the same.
Why you ask? Because men don't get pregnant would be my guess.
Agreed. And I would like to know how these people have come to that conclusion. A 13 or 14 year old might say they're the luckiest kid in school at that time, but what about 2, 5, or 10 years down the road. It doesn't wash.
When a man sleeps with a teenage girl he is a criminal. When a woman does it with a boy, she's doing him a favor.
Got a link?
"There is a difference, for the boy it is a badge of honor. For the girl it is a "slut" label for life. Maybe not fair, but it is a fact."
What law is that? You got a US Criminal Code number for that one? I didn't think so.
Since an adolescent child deems it a "badge of honor" it's OK? Or do you deem it a badge of honor?
Lame. Very lame.
That sounds like something the Original Taliban or our Christian version would say...
As far as I can recall, not a single case has ever mentioned pregnancy before the man is jailed for life.
A vagina is a get-out-of-jail-free card.
What's that got to do with supporting an unwanted child?
One gender gets to "Opt Out" and the other gender has no "choice"?
It's not my position, I just like the argument.
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