What’s the deal with wanting to bang your teacher?

Amongst the myriad of unnecessary guidelines in efforts to make the Episode app more “child-friendly” since the app is rated +12 (at least on the Apple App Store,) there seemed to be a huge regulation missing from the lot.

And by the huge regulation I mean the ban of glorified teacher- student relationships.

If you’ve been on the Episode app recently, you’re probably not a stranger to the gross number of stories that push a romanticized version of what it is to be in a relationship with someone who is not only older but also holds real power over you.

And if to you that doesn’t sound wrong, then let me explain why it is.

Having a relationship with any member of staff is surprise surprise against the rules; which in a real setting would get the teacher fired and probably prosecuted.

“But so so and so is 18 therefore it’s legal1!1!1!1” First of all legality ≠ morality. Any grown man, woman etc. who engages in a relationship with a minor or a barely legal teen is repeat after me! A predator.

But this isn’t just about sex, a significant age gap between the 2 parties (especially at a young age) gives room for emotional abuse that has a long lasting impact on someone’s psyche.

And don’t get me started on college student teacher relationships, but a TL;DR:

IT IS STILL WRONG!

Image being in a relationship with somebody who has the power to decide if you graduate or not. If anything goes south you could be wasting thousands of dollars over a petty adult with revenge on their mind.

Back to the first paragraph, the app is +12, meaning that there are young teens on the app who see stories like this on the trending page and actually featured by episode cough cough prosecutie and may think it’s ok for a teacher to engage on an inappropriate relationship with them because stories have made it to be such a wonderful and thrilling experience.

I think it’s terribly irresponsible for episode to police simple things that are likely to have little impact like swearing, literally 8 year olds drop f bombs, and keep something like this that conditions young people (mostly girls) to be ok with inappropriate displays of “affection” by older people.

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Shout it to the back :raised_hands:

I get teacher crushes, but I cannot really imagine the reader demographic wanting relationships with them, at least me .

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Agreeeddd. This topic is so easily looked over because from a first look people don’t see it as illegal, just “forbidden”. But there’s so much more implications of those types of relationships and it’s good that this is being brought to light.

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There are so many things that can go wrong with dating your teacher, that goes without saying. I just don’t get the hype

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If my teacher wanted to bang me, I’d be more creeped out and less intrigued like bishhhhhh.

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Maybe the readers and creators of these types of stories went/go to my old high school :face_with_hand_over_mouth: But seriously, I absolutely despise stories like this. I understand that some people prefer their partners to be older, but glorifying it in a story isn’t good, especially for the PG-13 platform that Epsiode supposedly is. Has anyone seen Grey’s Anatomy? Literally nothing went well when the interns dated the attendings. These types of stories basically teach children, especially young girls that are portrayed in them, that a relationship with your teacher is okay.

It’s not. And it never will be. It’s straight up pornography, tbh.

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Im not gonna act like I don’t get the appeal of having an affair with a person with more power (I mean, I’ve had crushes on my old teachers) but it’s still not a model of a healthy relationship and definitely shouldn’t be romanticized for such a young audience.

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I agree. It always makes me uncomfortable. However, there are some stories that shows this relationship in a negative way which is fine

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I dont about where other people live but where i live it is illegal for a teacher to date a student even if they are over 18

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yeah, im pretty sure thats the same where I live too.

Edit: I looked into it for my area and its not illegal. its just illegal to have sex (specifically looking into when you’re 16-17) with a person who cares for you or has authority over you.

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In many countries it’s legal as long as the student is over the legal age of consent but it is still very advised against because it definitely breaks many of the school’s policies

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Say it loud & clear to the people at the back.

I’ll never understand why people sexualise these kind of monstrosity. There are people that have been traumatised by these situations!

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I don’t know why Episode thought it was a good idea to feature a story with a teacher-student relationship? Not only is it inappropriate, I saw Alma, unedited, same clothes, same bright pink hair, in the background of a party scene.

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Yeah, teacher-student relationship stories are gross. I mean sure we all probably had a crush on a teacher when we were younger, I had a crush on my teacher in 8th grade, but if the feelings were reciprocated … it definitely says something about the teacher as a person than the student. It means that the teacher is a creep for being into teenagers instead of people their age and they take advantage of their position of power.

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Definitely, but normalising it makes the victims less likely to seek for help when they need it. Young people should not be made to think it’s ok

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I’ve always thought how did they get a smoking hot teacher? Like I’ve never looked at my old granny maths teacher and wanted to bang her. It’s disgusting and glorifying predators.

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Oh my goshhhhh literally PREACH IT :raised_hands::clap: I hate stories that end up doing that, NO BUENO :face_vomiting: And I freaking love how you phrase this:

I LOVE THAT, just because it’s legal, never means you need to do it :roll_eyes:

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Agree so much. Just because it’s legal doesn’t mean it’s right.

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I agree, but then again, it’s people’s fantasies. I’m pretty sure we all once had a hot teacher that we fantasized about doing the naughty with. People express their fantasies with writing.

But yeah it is problematic and I agree

I mean, I get people fantasise it, but can’t they keep that stuff to themselves? even if they don’t mean to make it seem like its glorifying predators, it usually comes off that way.

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