Quote: (10-22-2018 11:29 AM)Thot Leader Wrote:
Quote: (10-22-2018 10:48 AM)Horus Wrote:
Quote: (10-22-2018 10:33 AM)Player_1337 Wrote:
Where were all these hot, sexually deranged teachers when I was high school?
It was probably just as common, except the "victims" didn't blab about it.
I have a relative that had a relationship with his high school teacher in the 1970s (he was 16-17). Apparently they weren't very discrete, news got out and it was a bit of a scandal. Not much happened though, I don't even think she got fired.
Policing sexuality was less of a priority then. I knew a dude who had an affair with a teacher in the seventies, but he was way ahead of his time in player swagger, a complete anomaly. I wouldn't be surprised if he had seduced her by wearing her down.
It was only whispered about though, and even he, when asked, did no more than give a roguish shrug. There was still some semblance of private life at the time, so people didn't feel like sharing private things with the world was natural, and, just as important, people didn't feel like they had a right to know everything.
No one knew for sure, and that was good, because it gave people operating room to make mistakes and learn from them, or even just to make their own decisions without feeling like they were walking on eggshells waiting for a lawsuit or a call from the police.
I remember guys in high school, not many, but a few, dating particularly mature 8th graders, but again, it was gossiped about and no one really knew for sure what was going on. It definitely wasn't approved of by people in general, that was for sure, so the morals weren't necessarily laxer than today.
I remember girls in high school dating guys in their twenties, and for sure, high school guys were resentful and jealous and critical of a man in his twenties going for a teen girl. Ultimately though, it was the girl's choice and people respected that. There were no denunciations or call outs. It was just how it was, and you turned your attention to something else.
It was more a case of people feeling, and this is going to sound crazy,
reluctant to be judgmental about other people. Nowadays it seems as if the average person has nothing better to do than sniff the air looking, always looking, for some grievance or accusation to make.
In those days you didn't see it as your place.
The sense of unearned moral righteousness had yet to become mainstream.