July 14, 2006
Here's a quick recap of the Rogers story.
In August 2005, for her conviction on child sex assault charges, Rogers was sentenced to nine months incarceration and subsequent supervised probation of seven years, three months. Her sentence was quite lenient since she originally faced 15 counts of sexual battery by an authority figure and 13 counts of statutory rape of a 13-year-old boy.Rogers will be in court this afternoon to face four counts of sexual solicitation of a minor for her actions since completing her nine-month sentence. Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley will also decide what shall be done about Rogers violating her probation. The judge may opt to send Rogers back to jail to complete her original eight-year sentence.In February 2006, Pamela Rogers was released from jail on probation with specific orders not to communicate with her victim in any manner. Given the circumstances, a prudent person would have plotted out a squeaky-clean life of respectability, at least for the duration of the probation.
Unfortunately, Pamela Rogers isn't a prudent decision-maker. On April 11, less than two months after being released from jail, Rogers was arrested for violating the terms of her probation by repeatedly contacting her victim. She was set free on $10,000 bond until a July hearing.
Astonishingly, on April 24 Rogers was rearrested for the same probation violation, contacting the victim. She was discovered to have sent sexually explicit videos to the boy via a cameraphone. As a consequence, a judge ordered Rogers to stay in jail until her July hearing.
Inquiring minds await today's decision. I'll post an update after the court appearance.
[Update 07/14/06, 1730 EDT]
From ABC News:
A judge sent a former teacher to prison for seven years Friday for violating her probation by sending sexually explicit photos to a young teenage boy.A tearful Rogers was apologetic as she was taken away in handcuffs. She's going to the women's prison in Nashville.
The ruling was expected. Nobody ever deserved revocation of her probation more than Rogers.
According to District Attorney Potter, the most recent charges regarding sending sexually explicit images via cameraphone will be adjudicated separate from the probation violation. No date was disclosed for court proceedings.
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Posted by: Mytfast at July 20, 2006 01:17 PM (HkxgY)
Beauty has nothing to do with it, and yeah, maybe that is an answer to a little boys fantasy, but not really. The emotional damage is too great; the child
can't understand the deeper consequences to his actions.
Posted by: Rachel Ann at July 20, 2006 10:28 PM (L6318)
Beauty has nothing to do with it, and yeah, maybe that is an answer to a little boys fantasy, but not really. The emotional damage is too great; the child
can't understand the deeper consequences to his actions.
Posted by: Rachel Ann at July 20, 2006 10:29 PM (L6318)
The dynamic is not about sex per se, but about power and control. Manipulative and abusive relationships between adults are about the same power and control issues which lead to teacher student sex scandals. This means that not only is there no real difference between a woman abusing a boy and a man abusing a girl of the same age, background, and competence, but except for the illegality of going after someone under the age of consent, there is LITTLE, IF ANY difference between adults going after teens and adult-adult relationships when said relationships are based on power imbalances mingled with sex.
When one comes to the conclusion that not only is there no real distinction between men who prey on girls and women who prey on boys, but there is also no real distinction (besides age) between an adult who preys on a child and many dysfunctional relationships between men and women, you grownups can use this and other teacher-student cases as a guide for behaviors to watch out for in your current or future partner.
There are literally millions of relationships where sexual and control issues intermingle to produce similar dynamics between adults. The power imbalances and manipulation are not as clear as the “relationship†between Pamela Turner Rogers and her 13 year old victim, but they are there. When these sexual and control issues are at play, dynamics between a 28 year old woman and an immature twentysomething (or older) man are similar to those between a female child molester and her teenage victim. Only the illegality is different. The dynamics between devious men and a naïve, trusting and innocent women are not that far off from those between deviant men and teenage girls.
The same sex drive that teenage boys have, men in their 20's and 30's have, and some of us (I'm 25) are no more capable of dealing with sex than teenage boys are. Women are only slightly less likely to be victims of the wrong man than girls are. The only difference is that many acts of predation between adults are labeled as dysfunctional relationships, not predation. Something to think about next time your relationship goes wrong, or you feel used.
Rachael Ann, you said "the emotional damage is too great; the child can't understand the deeper consequences to his actions." When many "adult" relationships are based on power and control issues, your statement applies equally as well to those dalliances as woman-boy encounters.
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