When a female teacher sleeps with a male student, the primary victim is her husband. When a male teacher sleeps with a female student, the primary victim is the student.

Everything else aside this claim is such a reduction that I'm not sure it's even generally true. Why must there be a "primary" victim? If the teacher is cheating then the spouse is a victim, period. As for whether the student is a victim, surely other factors besides the student's sex are just as important in that determination? You didn't mention the age of the hypothetical students, but hell even how good looking the teacher is could make a difference. When I see an ugly female teacher arrested for sex with boys, I always assume it was rape or coercive and consider the student a victim, unless proven otherwise. It happens a lot too.

That said I don't get OP why is calling this trope a double standard - not only are men and women different, boobs and penises are totally different levels of nudity too.

When a female teacher sleeps with a male student, the primary victim is her husband. When a male teacher sleeps with a female student, the primary victim is the student.

Everything else aside this claim is such a reduction that I'm not sure it's even generally true. Why must there be a "primary" victim? If the teacher is cheating then the spouse is a victim, period. As for whether the student is a victim, surely other factors besides the student's sex are just as important in that determination? You didn't mention the age of the hypothetical students, but hell even how good looking the teacher is could make a difference. When I see an ugly female teacher arrested for sex with boys, I always assume it was rape or coercive and consider them a victim, unless proven otherwise. It happens a lot too.

That said I don't get OP why is calling this trope a double standard - not only are men and women different, boobs and penises are totally different levels of nudity too.

When a female teacher sleeps with a male student, the primary victim is her husband. When a male teacher sleeps with a female student, the primary victim is the student.

Everything else aside this claim is such a reduction that I'm not sure it's even generally true. Why must there be a "primary" victim? If the teacher is cheating then the spouse is a victim, period. As for whether the student is a victim, surely other factors besides the student's sex are just as important in that determination? You didn't mention the age of the hypothetical students, but hell even how good looking the teacher is could make a difference. When I see an ugly female teacher arrested for sex with boys, I always assume it was rape or coercive and consider them a victim, unless proven otherwise. It happens a lot too.

Of course the law doesn't take any of that into account but somehow still lets any individual judge insert her own biases into her judgements, resting on such unsupported claims. (not unlike assumptions made in family courts - "men are the abusers", "it's always best for the child to be with the mother", etc)

That said I don't get OP why is calling this trope a double standard - not only are men and women different, boobs and penises are totally different levels of nudity too.