Jezebel: barely legal

Teacher Who Had Sex With Student Back In The Clink Because Of "Girl Talk"

Jessica — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:30:00 EST

Debra LaFave, the Tampa-area middle school teacher who was caught schtupping a 14-year-old male student a few years ago was arrested yesterday for violating her probation. (As Tampa's CBS affiliate puts it, Debra was caught in flagrante with her pupil "inside a portable at the school." We really hope "portable" means port-a-john!) Anyway, Debra's more recent transgression involved an "intimate" friendship with a 17-year-old female coworker at Danny Boy's Restaurant. The terms of her probation barred her from having unchaperoned contact with anyone under 18, and, according to the St. Petersburg Times, LaFave dished with her not-quite-legal coworker on "non-work related issues such as family problems, friends, high school, personal life, boyfriend issues and sexual issues in both private one-on-one conversations."

While her lawyer, John Fitzgibbons, dismisses Debra's parole violation as mere "girl talk," Debra's ex-husband, Owen LaFave, thinks she deserves to get thrown in the slammer. "I think now that she has violated her probation, she should go to jail. I think at least a year in jail. You know, it needs to be a deterrent. Everyone needs to know that if you act as inappropriately as she has, you go to jail."

Sure, seducing a 14-year-old student is unquestionably wrong (though Cate Blanchett made it seem almost okay and, uh, kind of hot in Notes On A Scandal), but Debra LaFave's friendship with her nearly-grown coworker seems completely harmless. Do you think her arrest was warranted?

Debra LaFave Timeline [Tampa Bay Channel 10]
Former teacher Debra LaFave Arrested [St. Petersburg Times]

Hey Teens: Let's Talk About Sex

Tracie — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:00:00 EDT

The Midwest Teen Sex Show is both a bizarre and brilliant concept. A biweekly podcast made by adults and intended to be "sex information" rather than "sex education", the show uses skits and monologues to explore one topic for each episode (female masturbation, birth control, older boyfriends) in a frank and funny way that people should be using when discussing sex with teens. For example: For the episode on "The First Time", host Nikol—a once promiscuous teen—tells kids to not expect much from their first time and that "practice makes perfect and you'll need a lot of practice." She also advises boys about how the first time will hurt the girl, so they'll want to "enter her slowly." And for the episode on birth control, Nikol, a mother of three, asks:

Have you ever seen a baby? They're fucking stupid. They don't know anything and you have to feed them at least once a day.

But the show, while sex positive, isn't solely about getting teens to fuck like animals. There's also an episode all about abstinence, which focuses on both the good and bad aspects of it. (Pro: No STDs. Con: It's boring.) We're not really sure if the folks behind The Midwest Teen Sex Show are reaching their target audience (after all, the URL does sound porny), but we do know that if we'd had cool adults being so honest with us about sex at such a young age, we'd have been way appreciative.

Midwest Teen Sex Show

'Superbad' Star Michael Cera: Barely-Legal Crush Of The Day

Jennifer — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:15:00 EDT

[Los Angeles, CA; August 13. Image via FilmMagic.]