Hide your male offspring: "All-American Girl" back on the prowl
Mary Kay LeTourneau rejoins the unincarcerated world tomorrow.
For those of you who've forgotten, Mary Kay is the Seattle schoolteacher who had a much-publicized affair with one of her male students, beginning when the boy was 12 years old. Before the legal establishment of Washington state finally tossed her in the slammer for seven years, Mary Kay — who at the time was 34 years old, married, and the mother of four children — had succeeded in getting pregnant by her youthful paramour, not once, but twice. Even after serving her time in the hoosegow, she still says of the affair, "We had a beautiful relationship, and I value it for what it was."
Umm...what it was was statutory rape, Mary Kay. What it was was you having a sexual relationship with a kid who wasn't even a teenager yet. What it was would have landed you in jail a lot sooner, and for infinitely longer, had you not been (a) blonde, articulate, and attractive, which made a lot of people think, "Well, why the heck not?"; (b) the daughter of a formerly prominent California legislator named Jack Schmitz (as in, "You don't know..."); (c) female.
Lest anyone think we judge poor Mary Kay too harshly, we challenge you to read the self-justifying screed on her official Web site (how many convicted rapists do you know who have their own official Web sites?) in which Ms. LeTourneau enumerates 27 (count 'em, 27) reasons why she shouldn't be locked up. By the time you're halfway down the page, you'll understand just how twisted this woman is.
I'm all for giving sincerely repentant and rehabilitated people second — even third — chances. But here's a person who used her second chance — the brief period of freedom following her first conviction (the judge suspended the majority of her sentence) — to recommit the original offense in the back seat of a car.
The bottom line (no pun intended): adults who have sexual relations with preteen and teenaged children — both gender and the issue of physical force are beside the point — should be locked up with the keys to the cell conveniently lost at the bottom of the ocean of your choice, even if said adults look like Penelope Ann Miller.
Meanwhile, here's hoping that, if you have young sons, Mary Kay LeTourneau doesn't take up residence in your neighborhood.
For those of you who've forgotten, Mary Kay is the Seattle schoolteacher who had a much-publicized affair with one of her male students, beginning when the boy was 12 years old. Before the legal establishment of Washington state finally tossed her in the slammer for seven years, Mary Kay — who at the time was 34 years old, married, and the mother of four children — had succeeded in getting pregnant by her youthful paramour, not once, but twice. Even after serving her time in the hoosegow, she still says of the affair, "We had a beautiful relationship, and I value it for what it was."
Umm...what it was was statutory rape, Mary Kay. What it was was you having a sexual relationship with a kid who wasn't even a teenager yet. What it was would have landed you in jail a lot sooner, and for infinitely longer, had you not been (a) blonde, articulate, and attractive, which made a lot of people think, "Well, why the heck not?"; (b) the daughter of a formerly prominent California legislator named Jack Schmitz (as in, "You don't know..."); (c) female.
Lest anyone think we judge poor Mary Kay too harshly, we challenge you to read the self-justifying screed on her official Web site (how many convicted rapists do you know who have their own official Web sites?) in which Ms. LeTourneau enumerates 27 (count 'em, 27) reasons why she shouldn't be locked up. By the time you're halfway down the page, you'll understand just how twisted this woman is.
I'm all for giving sincerely repentant and rehabilitated people second — even third — chances. But here's a person who used her second chance — the brief period of freedom following her first conviction (the judge suspended the majority of her sentence) — to recommit the original offense in the back seat of a car.
The bottom line (no pun intended): adults who have sexual relations with preteen and teenaged children — both gender and the issue of physical force are beside the point — should be locked up with the keys to the cell conveniently lost at the bottom of the ocean of your choice, even if said adults look like Penelope Ann Miller.
Meanwhile, here's hoping that, if you have young sons, Mary Kay LeTourneau doesn't take up residence in your neighborhood.
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