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US women reined in over sex with minors
http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17428467%255E401,00.html
(ThotPolice:Why is it men are in the spotlight more when it comes to this stuff?)
COURTS across the US are cracking down on women, especially teachers, who have sex with underage boys.
At least seven women, four of them teachers, have been charged or sentenced in the past month.
The flurry of prosecutions follows the sex-abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. Experts say that the trend reflects a growing recognition that sexual abuse of boys can be just as serious as that of girls.
However, the courts are reluctant to punish women as harshly as men convicted of similar crimes. Whereas male abusers of girls routinely receive sentences of 15 to 20 years, women often avoid jail.
A US Department of Education study released last year found that 7 per cent of pupils were victims of physical or sexual abuse by teachers or other school employees. Of those, 22 per cent were abused by a woman.
"Whether a boy might enjoy the attention or not is actually irrelevant," Charol Shakeshaft, a professor at Hofstra University and the author of the report, said.
"Many of the girls who are sexually abused by males say that they are willing or are in love."
The recent prosecutions of teachers follow the celebrated case of Mary Kay Letourneau, a primary school instructor whose affair with a boy she met when he was 12 produced two daughters.
Letourneau, now 42, finally married the boy, who is now 21, after serving seven years in jail for child rape.
Last month Debra Lafave, 25, a middle-school teacher in Florida, avoided jail by striking a deal that will put her under house arrest for three years for having sex repeatedly with a 14-year-old pupil.
Sandra Geisel, 42, was sentenced to six months in jail for having sex with a 16-year-old pupil in upstate New York.
Margaret De Barraicua, 31, will spend a year in prison after being found with a 16-year-old remedial student in her parked car behind their school in California.
A fourth teacher, Kimberly Ann Cordrey-McKinney, 32, was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old pupil after authorities discovered incriminating text messages.
Nicole Barnhart, 36, a teacher from Colorado, faces sexual assault charges after being discovered with a 16-year-old pupil she said had begged her to have sex with him.
One of the cases involving a non-teacher is that of 38-year-old mother of two Julie Ann Welborn.
She has been charged with unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and importuning, after travelling to Ohio to engage in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy she came in contact with through an online role-playing game.
http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17428467%255E401,00.html
(ThotPolice:Why is it men are in the spotlight more when it comes to this stuff?)
COURTS across the US are cracking down on women, especially teachers, who have sex with underage boys.
At least seven women, four of them teachers, have been charged or sentenced in the past month.
The flurry of prosecutions follows the sex-abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. Experts say that the trend reflects a growing recognition that sexual abuse of boys can be just as serious as that of girls.
However, the courts are reluctant to punish women as harshly as men convicted of similar crimes. Whereas male abusers of girls routinely receive sentences of 15 to 20 years, women often avoid jail.
A US Department of Education study released last year found that 7 per cent of pupils were victims of physical or sexual abuse by teachers or other school employees. Of those, 22 per cent were abused by a woman.
"Whether a boy might enjoy the attention or not is actually irrelevant," Charol Shakeshaft, a professor at Hofstra University and the author of the report, said.
"Many of the girls who are sexually abused by males say that they are willing or are in love."
The recent prosecutions of teachers follow the celebrated case of Mary Kay Letourneau, a primary school instructor whose affair with a boy she met when he was 12 produced two daughters.
Letourneau, now 42, finally married the boy, who is now 21, after serving seven years in jail for child rape.
Last month Debra Lafave, 25, a middle-school teacher in Florida, avoided jail by striking a deal that will put her under house arrest for three years for having sex repeatedly with a 14-year-old pupil.
Sandra Geisel, 42, was sentenced to six months in jail for having sex with a 16-year-old pupil in upstate New York.
Margaret De Barraicua, 31, will spend a year in prison after being found with a 16-year-old remedial student in her parked car behind their school in California.
A fourth teacher, Kimberly Ann Cordrey-McKinney, 32, was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old pupil after authorities discovered incriminating text messages.
Nicole Barnhart, 36, a teacher from Colorado, faces sexual assault charges after being discovered with a 16-year-old pupil she said had begged her to have sex with him.
One of the cases involving a non-teacher is that of 38-year-old mother of two Julie Ann Welborn.
She has been charged with unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and importuning, after travelling to Ohio to engage in a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy she came in contact with through an online role-playing game.
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Welcome to the sexism fight! People often forget that there are two sides: women being overly coddled AND men being shown little to no mercy. You're right, "no one cares" about men - especially if you're middle class and white.