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.

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      It’s taken a while but looks like we’ll be able to call a sexual abuser a sexual abuser regardless of gender!

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        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.

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          I mean regarding teachers that may seem like the case, but there’s preteen mothers that would like a word.

          Most abusers don’t even get probation, if they’re reported at all.

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    I really don’t understand the psychology that pushes someone to do something like this. I suppose I should be glad about that

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      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.

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        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.

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    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.

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      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.

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        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

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          The title doesn’t mention their ages. The subtitle is awkwardly phrased because it gives the student’s age at the time and her age now, but it’s not wrong, and again, I don’t really get why you’re quibbling about that when the point that it was an adult sexually abusing a child stands regardless.