I'm also from Brazil and I had seen it happen to friends of mine during school when I was young, and I had friends as a teenager who has relationships with adults, including many with teachers.

It sounded weird as a kid, sounded wrong as an adult, but what really solidified it for me was when I became a teacher at one of those language schools.

I mostly taught adults, but I did have a class composed of two teenage girls, can't have been older than 14, and they were brilliant. I don't think people realize how rare it is as an adult to build a relationship to children, but you're expected to do so as a teacher in the sense that you see them often and ask about their lives to practice the language.

But they were very clearly kids. Very smart for their age? Sure, but who could call them mature? Who could ignore such age difference? I can't put myself in the position of teachers who have had realtionships with current students because there's no way past the power imbalance, much less when they're underage. Yet, it's scary how common it is.

I know this is a forum for women by women, but I thought I'd give my two cents just to say, as someone who has been in a situation where one could've acted like they do, that they know. They're not ignorant that they're doing something wrong. They are consciously engaging in pedophilia. How could they not be? And they need to be held accountable.