I'm reminded of Indiana Jones and the eyelid girl...
Once I was called a TILF which took me a second to work out and then it freaked me out a little. I was 30 at the time - I certainly don't get that anymore. Thing is, young female teachers in their 20's aren't THAT far removed from Year 10 (16 yo) boys here - not really. Though why you'd go for younger men, I don't know - their brains don't develop for a long time, and most girls I knew had relationships with older men until the boys caught up - I certainly did. My first boyfriend was 33 and I was 17. Second boyfriend was 24 to my 16 (yes, there was a bit of overlap, what a hussy)
And then the boys caught up, so by 30, Jamie at 28 was just right.
There's always men here in Australia that get done for grooming or at least get a stern word and have to leave teaching. The young teachers - say 25 - that are still clubbing and so when the girls go out clubbing at 17, 18, well, they're bound to rub up against each other so to speak.
As for middle aged men hunting young girls, fucking grow up. They're growing old too, but don't seem to realise it.
Here in Australia sex education is pretty good, and I think good schools get in some good speakers or workshops to deal with some issues such as the influence of Tate on attitudes toward woman. That's certainly another big issue in schools, is how female teachers are treated by young males. It's not fun, that's for sure.
As we discussed, the teacher-student relationship is inherently unequal. A teacher has authority, influence and responsibility over the pupil. This makes genuine, free and informed consent on the part of the child impossible. What an adolescent may interpret as consent or even desire is often influenced by grooming, admiration, seeking validation or an inability to fully understand the exploitative nature of the relationship.
Couldn't agree more.
I don't agree with this as impossible. It might make it rare. At 15 or 16, I would have backed my decision making ability over most adults. Not because I was intelligent, but because I had experiences most people didn't.
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This happened a lot too. One teacher slept with a yr 12 student, without knowing he was a student at the time. She was young, maybe 23 or 24, and he was 17 with stubble. But if he is in the club, is it her fault? Or his if going the other way?
It is more than sex education - kids are exposed to all kinds of heinous age inappropriate content they aren't ready of. A 16 year old stabbed girls at a school here the other day after 6 months of planning. He considers himself an "atheistic existentialist" - what 16 year old considers himself that? This is the problem with over therapizing and having kids roam the internet with no context. The culture is a mess.
Yeah I'm hoping the social media ban here in Australia will have at least some effect, although I'm dubious. It's extraordinary what kids are exposed to. Twenty years ago I was in a video shop and a kid wanted to hire "Saw'. His mother was like 'oh he loves horror movies, I can't watch them'. I had to interrupt and say how bad it was for developing brains. She was horrified. Actually had no idea the movie was about torture and didn't even bother to vet it. Idiot parents.
To be honest I speak with super intelligent, political, philosophical kids of this age all the time. They blow my mind. The rest of that kids life and head is clearly messed up though. Six months of planning is some psychopathic behavior.
Yes, but are they really clear and mature enough in other aspects of their life? I think quite a few are parroting, without that much depth or experience in other areas.
But she likely knows all the latest TikTok challenges.
I am dubious of the social media ban too. Here, schools will soon start banning all phone usage in class. Let's see how that goes.
At the school I'm at kids aren't allowed phones in class. Most don't. Kids still have in pockets but they get taken off them if they're being used.
Honestly I work with a lot of mature kids. Yes they still need life experience but I don't think we give them credit enough for being intelligent - sure, their brains need to develop more but jeez there's some bright sparks out there. Kids are incredible. But I wouldn't have been a teacher if I didn't think so