Sex in school
In a culture where football is a religion and star players are worshipped, it should come as no surprise that Northwestern High's top football player's alleged sexual misconduct with a minor did not go reported for months. That's an outrage.
Yet, I have mixed feelings about this whole affair. Easterling, who led his high school to a state championship, is 19. The girl in question is 14. Both attend the same high school, so it's not that unusual for a senior to be getting it on with a freshman. The questions to me here is not one of age but of consensual action. Plenty of sex goes on in school corridors, whether we parents want to admit it or not. A few months back, a school official in one of the premiere public schools in the area -- and a friend of mine -- told me how security caught a girl performing oral sex on an athlete under the stairwell. And yes, he was a senior and the Big Man on Campus. She was a freshman.
What's more, the girl in the Northwestern case has had another problem at the same school. Which makes me feel very uncomfortable all over again. (Consensual?) We won't know all the details for a while, and the 14-year-old and other girls in school should be protected. But we shouldn't rush to judgment either. Remember the Duke lacross case.
Of course, at the end of the day, this shouldn't be happening anywhere near our classrooms. Bet the mother sues the school system.
Yet, I have mixed feelings about this whole affair. Easterling, who led his high school to a state championship, is 19. The girl in question is 14. Both attend the same high school, so it's not that unusual for a senior to be getting it on with a freshman. The questions to me here is not one of age but of consensual action. Plenty of sex goes on in school corridors, whether we parents want to admit it or not. A few months back, a school official in one of the premiere public schools in the area -- and a friend of mine -- told me how security caught a girl performing oral sex on an athlete under the stairwell. And yes, he was a senior and the Big Man on Campus. She was a freshman.
What's more, the girl in the Northwestern case has had another problem at the same school. Which makes me feel very uncomfortable all over again. (Consensual?) We won't know all the details for a while, and the 14-year-old and other girls in school should be protected. But we shouldn't rush to judgment either. Remember the Duke lacross case.
Of course, at the end of the day, this shouldn't be happening anywhere near our classrooms. Bet the mother sues the school system.
posted by Ana Veciana-Suarez at 8:49 AM
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This is nothing new -- back when I went to school (a Catholic High School, no less), it was not a common thing - but we would hear of individuals that got caught by Sister in the "act" during school.
This is by no means an endorsement -- it's just nothing new under the sun. I remember girls that left school after getting bigger for a few months...discretely removed and sent to the home for unwed mothers to deal with the situation.
Back then, though, it didn't make the paper.
So, the girl is performing oral. Maybe she was experimenting. I'm 18 and I'm a virgin.
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