[Jack_]

Am I the only one that really doesn't give a crap about these types of stories, male or female? Like, yeah, obviously she's broken the law and abused her position of power, and yes there are a lot of double standards dependent on the sex of the individuals involved and it should be equal, but in all honesty...do I think it's that bad? Not really.

People who are on the cusp of 16 having consensual sex with someone older, is IMO, not much of a problem. Obviously the younger you get and the less consensual it is, the more of an issue it becomes, but my reaction to stories like these is usually '' I know someone will inevitably point out you can't legally consent to sex until you're 16, but if we stop looking at it in legal terms and in...well...reality, if someone isn't being forced into it, and is almost 16, it's consensual. Age is only a number

And when stories of this ilk emerge and the person involved is 16/17, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it at all. And I really never get the hysteria over that. I can understand minors, but when you're over 16...well...sorry, that's their business and no one else's. It's a bit like that story of the 16 year old girl and the 30 year old teacher that ran off to France a few years ago, and people were calling for him to be slaughtered etc, and it's like well no, she's of age, it's clearly not just a sex thing and they actually have feelings for each other, so whatever

This is not paedophillia either.