Deseret News | Syracuse woman is accused of having sex with 3 teen boys

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Syracuse woman is accused of having sex with 3 teen boys

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Brown&Proud | 2:02 p.m. Nov. 28, 2008

Ceryn you're talking about the Syracuse Police Dept. They do whatever they want, my family lived in Syracuse and we were pulled over every night for a year the 1st year we lived there! Not because we'd committed a crime or violated a traffic law but to be asked "what are you doing down here?" We were also told by a neighbor that we were to brown to live in Syracuse. We are Native American. Syracuse Police do whatever they want to whomever they want! I am sure they felt it was within their scope to ask whatever they wanted once she'd answered their initial question/s.

Ex-Con | 2:18 p.m. Nov. 28, 2008

There is a double standard for men and women where doing time in prison is concerned. Women on the whole receive less time and spend less time. I think this is a cultural phenomenon more than a commentary on the justice system. This woman likely will receive a lesser punishment.

chris | 4:45 p.m. Nov. 28, 2008

i agree with warren and that the legal and court system looks at females in this circumstance much more differently than they do the male. if a man does something like this then he is locked up for life yet a female usually only gets a few yrs. go figure.

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Ryan | 7:21 p.m. Nov. 28, 2008

"if you're so upset by people reading these types of stories-WHY DID YOU READ IT? That's like little kids pointing the finger and accusing another child of having their eyes open during the prayer."

LOL

I didn't read the article pal. I saw it was the #1 story and came in to make my observation.

I don't have a problem with this article, I just find it funny that this culture is so hush hush about sex in public, and then we all rush to anything and everything sexually-related online.

Looks like I was right, judging by your response.

Soul | 9:42 p.m. Nov. 28, 2008

It is wrong!!

SJ Bobkins | 9:52 p.m. Nov. 28, 2008

We all know that she will her hands slapped, lose her teaching certificate for a year or two, the then be able to teach in another school district. The flood of tall, blond, 24-35 year old teachers arrested the last few years from the mid-west and east, were treated with kid gloves. It's hardly the same crime as when a male teacher has a sexual relationship with a minor female student. In Arizona, many male teacher offenders are filling mediatory 12 year prison terms with no parole until they have served 10 years. Shouldn't it happen to women, in the same way?
Not likely as long as male legislators and men in general collectively ask, "Why couldn't it have been me?" Boys going through the coming aware years fantasize about this same thing, a pretty teacher having an affair with them. That likely insures the penalties to be weak.

Sokol | 10:01 a.m. Nov. 29, 2008

If a guy did this he would be spending time in prison, on a sexual predator list, he would lose
his job, family, home, friends..Somehow when women
do this, they are never punished. In fact, they
are protected by other females, and the boys are
suppose to be considered sexual heros.
What about equal protection under the law, and
ridding ourselves of gender bias in criminal actions
and in custody decisions...

Immature | 11:37 a.m. Nov. 29, 2008

Not only are children who indulge in illegal and immoral sex immature, so are all those adults who do so.

It IS damaging; it is damaging to society's standards, it is damaging to marriage, and creates moral and societal chaos and disintegration. Divorce, manslaughter, abortion, confusion, and respect between the generations,suffer. Indiscriminate sex leads to sickness, illness and even death.

It is amazing that people talk of "consenting ADULTS" and "ADULT" movies etc when the fact is that those who indulge and engage in such things have obviously not reached (and may never reach) maturity regardless of their age. There is no actual real "adult" in adultery regardless of how you spell it out.

correction | 11:47 a.m. Nov. 29, 2008

I think it may be more correct to say that if a man is even SUSPECTED of such a crime and the plaintiff is a notorious liar he will likely be incarcerated for some time and then may well be put away for much or most of his remaining life.

So I would say that a SUSPECTED male receives worse treatment than an admitted female offender.

Annonymous | 11:48 a.m. Nov. 29, 2008

Bobkins, no where in the article does it say this woman is a teacher. Why are you jumping to such a conclusion without any facts?

Anonymous | 3:32 p.m. Nov. 29, 2008

If it was a teacher it would've said so in the article. The article implied that the boys were having sex with their friends mom.

DrMark | 12:42 a.m. Nov. 30, 2008

Common wrote at 7:33 a.m. on Nov. 26, 2008:
"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'm a forensic psychologist who has studied this issue thoroughly and I've never seen any scientific evidence that supports your claim. On the contrary, male perpetrators by far outnumber female perpetrators for all crimes of aggression or exploitation.

It is true that male victims report sex crimes less often than female victims (although there are of course barriers to their reports as well) but it is a leap lacking logic that leads you to conclude that female perpetrators therefore outnumber male perps.

wow | 1:57 a.m. Nov. 30, 2008

The problem is that most people know deep down that when it is an older gal with a younger guy, there is limited mental harm done to the boy, of course depending on his maturity level. When news comes out about the opposite situation everyone automatically assume the guy is scum and "preyed" the girl ...The parents go for the kill on the "predator", even if the young woman has the maturity required to make these sorts of decisions and wants/ed the relations.

RockOn | 1:42 p.m. Nov. 30, 2008

Where were these ravenous broads when I was 16...

And if anyone doesn't understand what a sick twisted woman this is... that doesn't understand "what's the big deal" or who says, "what's the harm... she didn't get pregnant", has some woefully miserably learning lessons ahead of them. And they are just plain stupid.

Sorry for the blunt talk, but sexual predators wreck havoc the world over and passive ninnies stand by and rationalize. NAMBLA (National Man Boy Love Alliance) are filled with mental drop outs like some who post here.

Old Toad | 3:55 p.m. Nov. 30, 2008

Hey, RockOn

Get a life, man!

This woman is an old pervert-- just like some of her male counter parts running around out there-- who run faster then heck after younger girls! These people all come out of the same animal cage.

Jail Time | 8:24 p.m. Nov. 30, 2008

If the laws were the same for both male and female predators she would get 3 years to life on every count. But the law will show pity and give her 6 months probation. She should spend the rest of her life in prision.

Mc | 10:27 a.m. Dec. 1, 2008

I think the reason men generally receive stiffer penalties in crimes of this nature is because they are physically more capable of forcing their victims into compliance. By nature of the act the male must be more willing to engage and therefore less "forced." So I can see the reason behind men receiving harsher penalties. It's more a matter of biology than discrimination against men. However, I can't see why the newspaper publishes a male perpetrator's name, but not a female perpetrator's name, unless it was to protect her daughter whose friends were the victims.

rob | 5:59 p.m. Dec. 1, 2008

In many other fully developed countries, this would not be a crime, and it certainly would not be news.

force? | 9:52 p.m. Dec. 1, 2008

Male sexual predators do not always force their victims. That would be rape anyhow - using the definiton of rape as understood by us 'ordinary' people. The problem is that the judiciary and/or legislature have changed the meaning of 'rape' to mean any sex with a minor - in the case of men. I don't seem to hear the word 'rape' or 'statutory rape' bandied around so much in the case of women predators even though it presumably has the the same legal definition of sexual liasons with minors.

Underage male and female seducers and seductresses should also take at least part of the blame for these 'statutory' cases if they were the proven instigators. This should be the case especially if they represented themselves as adults.

In the latter scenario the law / courts are basically punishing one partner involved in one or more instances of fornication or adultery, which I don't believe is ever prosecuted these days in Utah.

I wouldn't mind if fornication and adultery WERE prosecuted again, but then it should be so prosecuted for all who were, or reasonably believed themselves to be, in a "consenting adult" relationship and with punishment for both participants.

Cahquetas | 2:49 p.m. March 2, 2009

Pinche Vieja Caliente

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