Sexual Escapades of Ms. Robinson

Remember growing and having that one teacher you fantasized about… Hoping today would be the day they asked you to stay after class? Lately in the news there has been an increase in women being the culprit preying on the young men in their care.

Debra Lafave pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 14 year old student, allowing her to escape jail time. She blamed the abuse on bipolar disorder. Pamela Rogers was charged with 15 counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and 13 counts of statutory rape in 2005. Christine Coffey, 33, has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17 year old student, and of course Mary Kay LaTourneau was imprisoned for her relationship with her now-husband Vili Fualaau. The couple has two daughters. With the exception of LaTourneau, none of the women mentioned above serve time in prison, and LaTourneau's prison sentence was originally commuted until she was discovered in a parked car with Fualaau in defiance of the court's no-contact order.

Many female sex offenders do not view their actions as abuse, but rather as a romantic relationship. Lisa Lynette Clark, who was 37 when she became pregnant by her 15 year old victim, describes the boy as the love of her life and even went so far as to marry the boy without his parents' consent under a loophole in Georgia law that allows minors to marry if the bride is pregnant.

Most recently in the news has been 23 year old Allenna Williams Ward, allegedly have sex with some of her students. When the school district commented to the press that it has yet been determined whether she will lose her teacher’s license. Not been determine!! Is it me or has society not willing to acknowledge that women can be the aggressor? Or is that where women’s power in society lie… the perception that they are weak and should not be held responsible for their actions?