Is there a double standard for sex offenders?

Published: September 26, 2007, 1:30 pm

Tags: double standard, doublestandard, idhao statesman, idhaostatesman, mother, pedophile, sex offenders, sexoffenders, summer of 42, summerof42, teenagers, teens, text message, textmessage

Filed under: Health and Safety, High school, Moms, TeenagerYesterday, I read this article in my local paper about Sheryl A. Nawahine, a 35-year-old woman who was arrested after exchanging sexually explicit text messages with a teenage boy. The boy is a friend of her children and plays football on her son's team. An example of one of the more than 1,000 messages police say were found on the boy's phone: "u would never be able to be with a girl ur age again."Nobody is accusing her of actually having sex with the boy, but it is clear that her communications were most inappropriate. What's more, she admits to writing the messages. As I read the article, I expected some outrage and condemnation. I was surprised instead to find immediate forgiveness and a willingness by some to just let it go. Her husband tells a local television station, "This was a lapse in judgment, and people are going to think what they want to believe. We have been upstanding residents of the community for

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