The double standard of female vs male sexual predators?

[thewayne]

Talking mainly about teachers having sex with students.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2003874026_predator10.html

Comments

[vaudy.livejournal.com]

I've noticed that before; how when it's a woman, it's always a "relationship." Um, no. No, it's not.

[apostate-96.livejournal.com]

Actually it usually is a relationship. A sick, pathological one, but much more often it is a relationship.

[apostate-96.livejournal.com]

That was actually a pretty good article, and it highlights several big reasons why there hasn't been as much attention paid to female offenders so far. It also at least mentions that the negative effects, especially on male victims, are also often downplayed or ignored.

I wonder what the public reaction would/will be when female offenders are getting held to the same standards that male offenders are? No safe place to live, no jobs, GPS monitoring, lifetime registration, etc.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

You know, a thought just occurred. "Equal protection under the law." The flip side is equal punishment under the law. If male sex offenders were to start fighting that they are punished unequally under the law compared to female sex offenders, it could start a remarkable legal battle that most people would rather not know about.

[apostate-96.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that would spark one helluva conflict all right!

[ateji.livejournal.com]

...you mean South Park's highlighted another "weirdness" about society?

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten about the SP episode, it's been too long since I've gotten to watch it regularly.

[ateji.livejournal.com]

I've started figuring if I hadn't heard of it but South Park mocks it, it's probably true. Sadly.