Female high school teachers should not be prosecuted for sex with male high school students

Of course we have age restrictions to protect children from adults or to prevent them from engaging in activities including restrictions on purchasing alcohol and cigarettes. But these and virtually every instance, anyone can clearly see the connection, the reason behind the law. The drinking age 21 exists because alcohol is a dangerous substance that often results in death, car accidents, violence, and in general it has a negative effect"with the exception of people who claim to drink one glass of red wine every evening. Smoking too, the reason is clear why we restrict those 18 and younger because a clear link binds consumption and harm. Smoking has zero benefits to the individual smoker and causes cancer and many other medical problems. We set this limit because there is not a single doctor or peer-reviewed study suggesting that heavy daily consumption of either of these products has any benefits to anyone. Moreover, I do not and do not believe anyone should take seriously the idea that the law or legal system or policies in general worry about the welfare of children in society. Recently Human Rights Watched published a report on children working on tobacco farms in several states, the report: [1] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 138-page report, "Tobacco"s Hidden Children: Hazardous Child Labor in US Tobacco Farming," documents conditions for children working on tobacco farms in four states where 90 percent of US tobacco is grown: North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Children reported vomiting, nausea, headaches, and dizziness while working on tobacco farms, all symptoms consistent with acute nicotine poisoning. Many also said they worked long hours without overtime pay, often in extreme heat without shade or sufficient breaks, and wore no, or inadequate, protective gear. "". Many of the pesticides used in tobacco production are known neurotoxins, poisons that alter the nervous system. The long-term effects of childhood pesticide exposure can include cancer, problems with learning and cognition, and reproductive health issues.Children are especially vulnerable because their bodies and brains are still developing.Human Rights Watch sent letters to 10 US and global tobacco companies and met with many of them to encourage these companies to adopt policies, or strengthen existing policies, to prevent hazardous child labor in their supply chains. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Also they is a long, well documented history of treating black. Here is again, another thorough report by Human Rights Watch of black teens being tried as adults for nonviolent crimes that resulted in long sentences. Here is a great paragraph that illustrates my earlier point: "The children caught up in the "direct file" law cannot legally vote, drink, or buy cigarettes in the state of Florida," said Alba Morales, a US researcher at Human Rights Watch and the author of the report. "Yet they can be tried as adults with no judge evaluating that decision, and branded as felons for life." [2] _____________________________________________________________________________ Now let me move on to an amazing case. This time the "criminal" in question is Debra Lafave. Police records report that Lafave had performed oral sex on the boy on June 3rd, and had sexual intercourse with the him in a portable classroom at her school nine days later. Lafave, who worked before college as a model in auto magazines such as Makes and Models".[4] What is the crime here? Where is the harm? Why should we prosecute these women? What are we punishing? In reality what crime or harm has this great, dedicated teacher done? Maybe aggravated assault on the penis? Physical abuse due to aggressive use of tongue, mouth, oiled hand, oiled-breast? Maybe you could make a case for intent to kill by way of excessive pleasure but strikes me as a hard case to make. I noticed someone mentioned in the comments section about the law makes no distinction between persons. Apart from this never being the case, including these cases where the women usually receive little or zero jail time, and men who do the same with female students almost always receive at a minimum a year in jail, I think it is illogical to make the case male and female sexual behavior is comparable. I could be wrong, my opponent may be able to provide me with thorough reports on all the females raping males around the country, or all the sexual crimes and unwanted harassment that vulnerable men experience all the time. My argument exists also in television form: "Miss Teacher Bangs a Boy" is the tenth episode of season 10 of Comedy Central's South Park. It originally aired on October 18, 2006. My final thoughts: There is not a link or clear evidence or a logical argument to support the notion that women like Debra Lafave, an auto magazine model cause harm or should be prosecuted for crimes, given that "crime" in these instances means a tongue-bath of the private by an attractive woman. These laws are unjust because of the absence of a crime. What my opponent will need to show is the harm caused by Ms. Lafave, the Makes and Models model, who willing modeled a student"s penis in her mouth. Show me the crime. [1] http://www.hrw.org... [Here is a link to a Huffington Post story along with a segment from the Daily Show] http://www.huffingtonpost.com... [2] http://www.hrw.org... [3] http://en.wikipedia.org... Someone mentioned in the comments section the law cannot be subjective, which as we know from the colonial period to day was the case. If that is true here is the completely non-subjective history of US legal Slaves, indentured servants, women, Indians received fair treatment under the law Children, especially those of marginalized groups were treated with respect and dignity Women were allowed to own and sale property It was illegal for men to beat their wife Women gained the right to vote and participate in politics The Japanese internment during WWII never happened Native Americans own several large swaths based on treaties signed and ratified by the US congress and president After the Civil War, Africans Americans were treated equally under the law with respect to persons After 9/11 not a single case exist were Muslims were unfairly treated and legislation was never passed to directly target them