If anyone was seriously suggesting that she not be prosecuted simply because she's good looking, and good looking girls are somehow exempt, then that's ridiculous.
Law be damned, if the boy was not traumatized then it is very extreme to lock somebody up in prison for 15 years. Prison is not a light consequence - it's enslavement, complete removal of a person's freedom, and it should be used for people who really have commited an atrocious act. This young man who slept with a woman he found sexually attractive and then bragged to his friends later was not molested. People who are molested do not brag about it later. The most traumatizing aspect of this entire affair is watching CNN and seeing his first sexual encounter result in a trial that gets national attention.
Gee, I'm so glad that the law can be there for him.
So you guys say "Lock her up!" because you're sick of women getting away with things, and you want to make some kind of martyr out of her. I don't see what good it will do, however, as we've lost sight of who we're protecting. A 24 year old who is sleeping with teenagers has some issues, I'll grant that. She needs to see a psychologist. She didn't, however, rape anybody, or act violently.
A 14 year old is old enough to turn down an unwanted advance. The line between child and adult is blurred at that point, but most 14 year old guys are capable of making fairly major decisions.
The only way her looks come into play is in the assumption that the 'victim' was actually attracted to her.
As for 'equal treatment under the law' - the law should not distinguish between gender. When applying the law, however, we need to evaluate each situation of it's on unique circumstances. Men are imperfect, as are the laws we write, and there'd be much injustice in this world if we blindly enforced laws to their full effect. The point is, a 24 year old sleeping with a 14 year old (in any gender) can be rape - but you cannot make sweeping generalizations about all situations. In some cases, such as this, it simply isn't clear that there is a victim.
