10-05-2015, 10:28 PM
(10-05-2015, 09:20 PM)Donald Dank Wrote: I get what you're saying about taking advantage of their position, and I didn't say it was acceptable only that I consider it less morally reprehensible than some people appear to.
It isn't automatically a case of a teacher, carer etc. seeking out a vulnurable child to exploit and people do fall for each other. Hell, we even teach it in English class with Romeo and Juliet, a story of forbidden love where Juliet is supposed to be significantly younger than Romeo. Stuff like that just tells me that our culture, norms and society are fluid in their acceptance of right and wrong and all the way are laced with hypocrisy.
Teenagers of a certain age, whilst not adults, reject their treatment as kids and will almost intentionally make poor decisions and that's part of growing up. Some people will fall short of what society expects of them, but morally I don't agree with the cultural lynching. Maybe I'm only arguing that side of it because, as Scott said, there appears to be way too much protest from people (not #thf, just generally) on this subject.
I wouldn't dispute much of that tbh, but where I would differ with you is on the "people fall for each other" aspect. For a teacher to find themselves in a position where the relationship they have with a pupil is inappropriately personal, even without it leading to running off to Paris (/UVC) etc would take quite seriously unprofessional behaviour. Even apart from that, kids of that age are still incredibly young emotionally; my personal view is that, intentionally or otherwise, any teacher who begins or pursues a relationship with a pupil is guilty of predatory behaviour.