[net.politics] 'Sexual congressmen

tower@inmet.UUCP (07/26/83)

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inmet!tower    Jul 22 12:57:00 1983

The key issue here isn't sex with minors.

It's the possibility of coercion (subtle or not). The parallels I seen drawn
in the press with teacher/student relationships are correct.

I see it as ethically wrong for a person who has authority/certification
over another person, to engage in sex with them. Particularly when the
junior in the relationship is (possibly) immature.

-len tower        harpo!inmet!tower        Cambridge, MA

hamilton@uiucuxc.UUCP (08/07/83)

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uiucuxc!hamilton    Jul 27 06:39:00 1983

i don't think i've heard ANYBODY complain about the teenagers' behavior,
and i certainly don't hold it against them; if the two pages involved
had had sex with each other, the whole thing would have been trivial and
un-newsworthy.