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Syracuse woman is accused of having sex with 3 teen boys

This is disgusting! What do people think about Mom's texting their teenage daughter's friends or boyfriends? Do you think maybe it starts out innocent like "oh im just seeing if this boy is a good kid and if he likes my daughter"... and then turns out to be almost an obsession with the attention they are getting??

I doubt it starts out innocent. When this woman initially contacted these boys, she must have had something nefarious going on somewhere in her mind. The fact that it happened multiple times with multiple boys supports that theory.

It's always strange when a female sexual predator is found, but rare or not, they are out there.

This same thing happened here where I live. The woman was doing this to "get back" at her husband who had been frequenting prostitutes. It ended up destroying the entire family -- not to mention the boys' families.

If this had been a male sending to female teenages, he would get years in prison. Hope it happens in this case also.

She will plea bargain and won't do any jail time! Just the way the system works. Had this been a male predator, he would still be in jail or under a high bail. This woman has serious issues and I'm glad i'm not her husband, how humiliating!!

To say that "that's puts an interesting twist on it" because it's a female instead of a male just shows how hypocritical and blind our society is. We can acknowledge a man's desire but women don't have them, get real. The same desires, good or bad, are there with men and women. They have the same motivations. About the only differences I see are their methods and the consequences. I hope the law doesn't see any difference.

Don:

What's disgusting? The fact she pursued a sexual relationship with the boys or the text messaging? There's nothing sick about any text messages that weren't sexually related. Any that were platonic/just friends messages shouldn't be a big deal... even if there was a difference in the ages of those involved. An adult can be friends with a teen or child, that's perfectly healthy.

Dan:

How do you know it didn't start out "innocent" with her (or that it doesn't with others)? You're just assuming that some dirty alterior reason "had" to have been involved (or does in any similar situation).

And then there's that word "predator" that everyone loves to throw around. There's alot of assuming going on whenever people use this word.

Instereo:

You're right that it isn't just men guilty of abusing kids or raping other adults... women do it too. But about your comment "I hope the law doesn't see any difference"... they will. They almost always do when it comes to female offenders, these girls and women usually walk away with a slap on the wrist when for the same crime they'd get stiff/strong punishment if they were male.

Every week it seems we read about something like this. I always want to ask, "Doesn't anyone EVER learn from the mistakes of others?" Apparently not, because the same dumb things keep happening over and over. Lots of sorrow all around in this situation. The kids, their families, her family, and ultimately her as well. I believe she definitely needs some intense psychosexual counseling, and some jail time, and certainly probation with all the appertaining restrictions, for her protection as well as the protection of possible future victims. With appropriate counseling and monitoring, she can improve her life and identify why she did these things, and learn more appropriate ways of behaving. And I hope the boys will also receive the appropriate counseling, as this can adversely affect the rest of their lives, especially when it comes to future sexual relationships. Best of luck to all, and for heaven's sake, SOMEONE learn something from all of this!

Female sex predators are not rare. They are actually more common than male sex predators, but most male victims don't report the crime.

I'll bet she had to hold a knife to these boys' throats to force them to please her, huh? Come on, who was harmed here? I agree she should have used better judgment, but this is a crime only because of the "victims" ages. If they were over 18, no harm, no foul.

The facts are they were not 18, they were 14 or 15.

It IS statutory rape and she should go to prison.

So go huff and puff your perverted views somewhere else.

I really don't care either way but... does anyone else find it funny that the police still went to the trouble of questioning her after they had already found out that the boy she sent the pictures to was 18... Im pretty sure that statutory stops at 18. Granted she volunteered the info on the younger ones (stupid) did the police really have grounds to continue questioning her?

Sure, nobody gets hurt, it's a victimless crime. Tell that to the boy that gets her pregnant and is stuck with 20 years of child support payments because she decided she wants to keep the baby. These laws are in place to keep adults like her from sexually preying on children. These boys may know how to use that part of their anatomy, but they don't fully appreciate the consequences.

Prophets and sages of all faiths, not to mention modern secular sociologists, decry illicit sex and sex acts of all varities.

Legal marriage is where it is at, and mother/father procreative relationships in responsible and moral environments are invaluable to the family unit, society and the world.

I pray that god may bless and heal all the victims in this case, including the predator who seems to be a victim of her own misguided notions or behaviors.

Nobody is perfect, but we all have to try to police each other to avoid the more dastardly grievances in life.

I am glad that these people are on the road to recovery, hopefully.

PS: Happy Thanksgiving.

i agree with 'Bigdeal'.

Please, Syracuse High School. 16, 17, 18 yearolds - not 13-14

If her attorney has a lick of brains he will ask the prosecutor to clearly demonstrate the "harm" done. If you charge somebody with harming a minor you should be able to prove that there was some damage.
And what damage was done here? Anybody? Anybody?

Not only would bail have been higher or denied had this been a male that did this , but there would have been a name and a mugshot accompanying the story .

We live in a very interesting society. From both ends of the scale there is way too much preocupation with sex in general.
From abstinance to promiscuity how could a forum like this address this subject.
It was WAY wrong for this woman to engage in this activity. Period.
To most of the world, it's wasn't all that off the chart for teenage boys to be "experimenting" with sex. In a Mormon community, not at all, the rest of the country, very normal.
Just some thoughts.

Why isn't the woman's name being reported? If the police are withholding it because of the investigation, tell us so. Or did you just fail to ask?