should sex between consenting adults ever be illegal?

[davidpdx]

126. The fact that they are 18 doesn't necessarily mean it is consenting

Her position of authority over them makes a difference. I don't think coercion needs to be necessary proven, it can be implied. The question for the people saying she shouldn't go to jail would be to ask, what if the teacher was a man? There would be quite a bit more outrage over what happened and he (a male teacher) would be labeled a rapist even before being convicted. I think people need to be careful not to give one gender or the other the benefit of the doubt over the other. In terms of these cases, it seems that many people do.

Another question is how long was this going on? If there were several students, would any of them have been under 18 when this started? I don't know. It's not as clear cut as saying they are 18, they are consenting adults.

Obviously she's going to lose her job since she slept with her students. One shouldn't be the trade off for the other however because they are separate legal issues.