2y ago

Former Middle School Teacher Accused of Sexually Abusing Boy in Classroom, Giving Him Alcohol: Police

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Police say a former student came forward claiming that when he was 14, Melissa Curtis, 31, sexually abused him

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I'm just amazed that it was called 'sexual abuse' and not 'an intimate relationship', a 'romp', etc. like it usually is.
- It's taken a while but looks like we'll be able to call a sexual abuser a sexual abuser regardless of gender!
  
  Was reading about one 49 year old who raped a 14 year old and just got probation. So women still get away with much worse than men.
I really don’t understand the psychology that pushes someone to do something like this. I suppose I should be glad about that
- Power and control.
- Lots of reasons but it's generally by women who lack a partner or don't have thier emotional needs met. They don't feel threatened by the child and confuse thier mentor/pupil relationship as love and as such doesn't see thier abuse for what it is.
  
  Source? I’m sorry, but that kind of sounds like you’re letting female sexual abusers off the hook a bit by arguing their actions are innocent in their own minds. I don’t think these women are that stupid or deluded. I agree they find boys non-threatening, but I don’t think they construe their own manipulation of a young, naïve teenager as completely innocent. They know they’re taking advantage, they just don’t care.
pedo!
- What's a pedo?
  
  pedophile noun pe·do·phile ˈpe-də-ˌfī(-ə)l ˈpē- : one affected with pedophilia
- This is one of those things that, if you feel the need to draw a distinction, you're doing something wrong and need to stop.
  
  Jesus fuck. A minor should have nothing sexual associated with them, in either your imagination or in their reality. There is no grey area.
  
  Yikes
  
  Found the pedo.
Oh, that poor victim.
That is a horribly misleading headline when the write up clearly says she was 22 and he was 14 at the time. She is 31 now and he is now 22.
- Sorry, are you saying it's ok for a 22 year old to have sex with a 14 year old? I don't really think there's a big different in a 31 year old doing it vs a 22 year old, so I'm not sure that's really the issue you should have with this article.
  
  Never said that. I said that the title is wrong. Really shows a lack of quality of writing when the title of the article contradicts the article itself
- https://youtu.be/8hdbns1Xdk0?si=Zp0SArfn22_WaF7g

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