Sex abuse: different for boys, or is it?

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'“We don’t often have that kind of sympathy for men in sexual abuse situations,” Casey said. “Our culture has a message to boys and men that any kind of sexual behavior is getting lucky.”

That attitude can translate into lighter sentences for female offenders. In 2006, Florida teacher Debra Lafave escaped charges of lewd and lascivious battery on a 14-year-old student with a sentence of house arrest and probation. Her attorney implied in court that she was too pretty to be sent to prison.

The illicit couple in question can even gain a kind of celebrity status. Mary Kay Letourneau, the former teacher imprisoned for having a sexual relationship with one of her sixth-grade students, recently hosted a “Hot for Teacher” night at a bar in Seattle with her former student and current husband as DJ, according to the Associated Press.'