I agree with this.

Groped. All. The. Time.

Yes. Having a drunk girl give you an unwanted kiss or grope is a lot less scary or annoying, and yes, it does happen to males a lot.

A more correct analogy is a big gay male who may have a gun forcibly making sexual contact with you. All of a sudden it gets repulsive quickly, right?

Anyways the responses by a few here are exactly how this tragedy gets blown out of proportion, and why the judge did what he did to the cheers of that crowd. This also why in many legal systems one or two people can be thrown out of juries without reason by each team. Nobody is defending sexual predators. Nuances are lost on those with "agendas."

I further agree. I'd argue that the sex offender registry could be worse than the felony. He can't live in many communities, he will likely never be hired again. He is lumped in with rapists, child molesters, and murderers. We also have to now pay for jail time. But that is other peoples' money, right?

For the "think-of-the-children" crowd, think about the now convict's high-school daughter, who will never have friends over to the house ever again, who will be ruthlessly teased about her buns-grabbing daddy. It is not a setup for success for her (innocent) or this family. They may have to move if they are less than 1000 feet from a school or day care, or if their private community forces them out.

Yes, I would argue this judge ruined his life, when it could have been a reasonable outcome (maybe something like 5 year probation, avoiding females < 18 years old, 200 hours community service + court costs.)

United States Department of Justice National Sex Offender Public Website

Seriously, you guys? "Ew, I got groped by a girl!"

I'm betting ALL of you bragged to your buddies, "She couldn't keep her hands off me!"

It's a whole different ball game for women. As a rule, they're smaller and weaker. They, unlike you, have internal sexual organs that can be forcibly violated.

Why is it when a male teacher violates a female student, you are nauseated, but when a female teacher does a young male, you secretly wish it had been you?

I don't have an issue with his life being ruined IF he's guilty. A guy his age with kids who doesn't know better than to do what he did would probably commit full-on rape if he thought for sure he could get away with it. He'd probably do anything at all if he could get away with it.

My issue is that the whole case is very much he-said/she-said with no objective evidence whatsoever. I think he's guilty, but not beyond a reasonable doubt and I don't really think you can achieve that standard in this situation.

Honestly, it depends on how attractive the teacher is. Same with the groping. If that makes me a pig, so be it, but I can't control how creeped out I'd be in different situations.

Again, it boils down to not having to worry that the groping will escalate beyond some threshold. In the back of my mind, I know that I'm ultimately in control with how far down the path it goes. If I want it to stop, I can make it stop. Of course a female in the reverse situation can't always say the same thing.

If I thought I was in danger of being raped, I'd absolutely have a problem with unwanted contact, even by an attractive woman.

What in the hell are you talking about? No one here is discussing rape.

By the way, Samuel Colt made us all equals.

Ok, let's clear this one up. I've seen one female teacher out of the many mug shots in the media that I'd secretly wish it had been me at that age. The rest of the pack were ugly, fat, nasty hags that I'd be in therapy until age 90 for ever getting near them.

The one? That FL blonde FL hotttie teach, Debra Lefave. I don't care how many million times you look at it, that one gets a pass. Your average overweight, late 40's, hair losing slob would love to walk around saying, yah' man', that was me she was nailin' as a kid :D