I myself have wondered the same thing. As an adult woman and the mother of 2 boys (and unofficial foster mother to a dozen of their friends over the years) I try to look at them objectively whenever I hear a story like this. The **only** thing I can come up is maybe it’s a power thing, being the Mrs Robinson to his Ben. The experienced, all knowing mature lady inducting a young man into his first sexual experience. What was the beer ad..? “You never forget your first girl.” The determination to be that first girl, because I’ll bet most men remember theirs. Add to that an experienced woman willing to do more things than a 14 year old girl... That’s the only thing I can come up with because they certainly aren’t sex objects to me-
because **I** look at my sons and their friends and I see big kids who may throw a baseball with total grace but can’t walk through the room without tripping over their size 11 feet that they haven’t grown into yet. Who can get the ball through the hoop with nothing but net but can’t pee without getting it on the floor. I see kids in oversized bodies, kids who enjoy generally putting each other down, outdoing each other in Guitar Hero and the accompanying insults, who still think imitating bodily noises is the height of hilarity and anything that sounds like a fart is the highlight of the evening, who aren’t bothered by dirty socks and sportsgear laying on their bedroom floor and see no reason why wrappers should be thrown away when the floor is so readily available.
Don’t get me wrong, I love my boys, all of them. They’re good hearted, enjoyable, interesting kids. But sex objects they’re not.
I’m with you mama. I raised a boy and all his buddies were over all the time - great kids and a couple were very handsome young men, but I never was attracted to them even in the least....
Very well put. Your post should be required reading for all hot young school teachers.
All of them should abide by the principles illustrated in your post. Those who cannot abide by these principles, should see me after school.