Abuse by Women Raises Its Own Set of Problems
The upcoming Saturday was Valentine's Day, and Julie Anne Feil was determined to make it a memorable one. On a note pad from her classroom desk, she scribbled a wish list for the evening ahead.
"Here's what I want," wrote the Hastings Senior High School English teacher. "1. Go to our place. 2. Great Sex! 3. Dinner out--Olive Garden? Planet Hollywood? We dress up! 4. Dancing or a movie? Or our place and more great sex?"
When Ms. Feil wrote that note last winter, she was a 31-year-old wife and mother still married to the father of her 8-year-old son. Her valentine, though, was a skinny 10th grader just half her age, a boy who played with super-hero action figures and had barely started to shave. For the previous four months, the two had been carrying on a secret sexual relationship that included trysts in her home and car, passionate love letters, and...
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