Teacher-Student Relations - With all eyes turned to the Catholic priest sex abuse scandals, scant attention is being paid to another group with access to children: teachers. Even in the past couple of days, new cases are being reported in Atlanta and Seattle.

However, unlike the Church scandals being perpetrated by male priests, the most notorious recent examples of teacher-student improprieties involve female teachers, Mary Kay Letourneau and Pamela Smart. (In Ben's Fame Tracker Index, Pamela whips Mary Kay's ass, having inspiring two movies, To Die For with Nicole Kidman, as well as made-for-TV movie Murder in New Hampshire starring Helen Hunt. Mary Kay only got a basic cable tribute with B-list star Penelope Ann Miller).

We're jarred (and a bit titillated) by the notion of a woman teacher seducing a young man. I know it's politically incorrect of me to have a double standard for men and women, but time and time again, popular culture acknowledges that it's a dream come true for many adolescent boys to be with an older woman. These examples are just a reminder of the fact that ephebophilia doesn't exclusively affect the male of the species--gay, straight or "celibate."