My son was groomed by his female teacher. He was 15, she was 24. The betrayal of trust is still indescribable. She was eventually jailed for having sex with someone under 16, but the damage done cannot be fully described. My son and our family unit is still trying to heal. Never underestimate the pain this type of crime causes.

Once you're someone's teacher, or any  person with authority over someone, that person is untouchable! It's a total abuse of power! This is a repeat of Mary Kay Lataurno.

As a teacher (female ) for twenty years , this makes me physically ill. Its such a betrayal of those you have to protect , we are trained to look out for all kinds of abuse . In most cases we are the front line even before social services .Its a complete reversal of everything a teacher should be.
Sorry im a little triggered here !

I completely agree , if this had been a male teacher having a sexual relationship with a 15 year old female, there would be NO room for any explanation. It’s ridiculous. I’m the mom of a now 21 year old young man. I can’t imagine how upset the boys parents must have been when they found out what was happening. I’m so thankful she was caught and prosecuted. I hope the boys get the help they need to heal.
Great work , Emma.

I'm convinced the reason we're hearing more about female sex abusers is because it's been incredibly underreported in the past and perhaps victims are feeling more supported to report it now.
We've still got a lot of work to do on shaming victims but I hope we're headed toward progress.

It is an unforgivable betrayal. It puts the entire profession into disrepute. And parents need to wise up. It was completely inappropriate for her to have so much access to someone else's child.

When this story broke online the comments defending her made me feel sick- the type of comments like “where were these teachers when I was a boy?” And how it’s a teens dream.. they wouldn’t say this if it was a male teacher! Paedophilia is not  ok whatever the gender

The very same thing happened here in Italy a few years ago. The groomed boy was only 14 years old and the adult was 35 😱 The student was so traumatised that he didn't say anything to his parents for a long time. He was even forced to meet his baby in several occasions, because that crazy abusive woman (and pedophile) was convinced she was in love and wanted to live with him. How SICK and OUTRAGEOUS is it?!? She already had a kid with her husband, who was told the baby was his. He's now actually raising that innocent baby boy as if he was his child and his ex wife is obviously in prison. The victim's life is forever ruined on many levels though, he knows he is a father and no psychological therapy can erase that awareness... Many lives were ruined. Very shocking and sad stories.
Thank you for your extra video, Emma ❤

Whilst on bail she began sleeping with another young boy and even feel pregnant, showing she clearly does not care and is disgustingly unhinged yet only got 6 years.

I met my husband when we were 14. Now 34 years later we are old and boring & at no point during my adult life have I ever looked at a child, teenagers or young adult and found them the least bit attractive. My 23yr old son has many friends and although they are all at the gym daily & 6” grown men they still all look like kids to me.
To think that a teacher would put my son through something like this is honestly disgusting!

Secondary school teacher here... Just no. I cannot wrap my head around this one.

Thank you Emma.  I'm a teacher and just despair at the number of times we read about teachers overstepping safeguarding boundaries and grooming students.  This particular case was shocking.

We just had a male teacher get in trouble for writing love letters  showing favoritism to some girl students in his class. The amazing thing is that a boy went to the authorities. They believed him that was so awesome that they did. Proud of him for stepping up.

Joynes is an appalling example of a human being in every way - those boys were so brave to tell the school and this gets me every time that predators have no idea the distress they cause by their actions. Why doesn’t she do the honourable thing, admit to the criminal offence and apologise that she has committed the most heinous crime and disgraced herself.  Those poor boys being put through such an ordeal, she has no idea the damage she has caused to them and their families - she is an out and out predator and she deserves to go to prison

If this was a male teacher and a female student, it would be straight to jail, do not pass go. I do not understand how, when the gender roles are reversed, the gravity of the crime is downplayed. Disgusting.

Thank you emma for expressing how wrong this is, and I’m so glad the prosecution did the right thing by these boys. I hope they recover x

She's sick in the head. As a woman in her 30s and also as the mother of a son this whole thing disgusts me. How you can look at a teen boy and think of him in an inappropriate way is beyond me. And as a parent of a son, if someone were to do this to my child I would want her put away for a very long time. It's a pity they're often more lenient on women in these scenarios. If you ask me a predator is a predator.

I was SO BORED scrolling looking for something to keep me occupied and boom! Here you are! 🎉 Thank you, em!

There is NO excuse for an adult doing this sort of thing! NONE!

Boys too often do not get the same protection from predators. I’m always disgusted by the replies like “he’s not a victim.” Or “wish I had a teacher like that.” Or “it’s not the same thing when it’s a boy.” It’s the same! A child cannot consent. FULL STOP 🛑 It is a violation of that CHILD. I have sons and demand the same safety as I would if we had girls.

I remember a teacher at my school that slept with several of the boys in my year, (year 10,11) it was well known and at the time none of us thought of it as abuse, we knew she shouldn’t be doing it and would lose her job and didn’t want that to happen because she was coo, she smoked weed and ‘treated us like adults’, Looking back at it with adult eyes it’s so shocking to remember.