Fan Forum - View Single Post - Topic of the Week #17: Should Sex Offenders be Protected of their Identities?

**vc318** · 08-22-2008, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by TheAngel (View Post)

Not totally true, Mary Kay Letourneau ended up in jail, lost custody of her children, and is registered as a sex offender because of what she did, despite the fact that she ended up married to the student that she had an affair with. I think it's just that women don't commit sex crimes as often as men do, statistically. I'm not certain though. All the teachers I've known of that are female and accused of having affairs with students end up in some kind of trouble.

That's just one rare instance of "Happily Ever After" I guess in a weird, twisted way. But most cases have resulted in the judge giving these women numerous chances before they ever get locked up. I think there was one case out of Florida where the woman (also a teacher) was practically given a slap on the wrist and as soon as she returned home, she was making contact with the victim again! I think she's out on bail right now. I don't think it should matter whether there are more male or female sex offenders - the law is obviously not the same for both parties.