<p>The unnamed 41-year-old woman had "lots and lots of personality difficulties" and she knew her actions were wrong, psychiatrist David Greenberg told the New South Wales district court.<br /><br />The woman pleaded not guilty to 21 sex offences on the basis of having a mental illness at the time.<br /><br />The offences involve 18 counts of sexual intercourse, involving oral sex and vaginal penetration, and three indecency offences during 2009, Australia's AAP news agency reported.<br /><br />The six victims were aged 11 and 12 and attended the school where the woman worked as a house mistress.<br /><br />The offences occurred at the school sick room, in the woman's flat and on camping trips.<br />On one trip, she went into a tent of five youngsters and had a "conversation with the boys in relation to sexual positions, history and locations she favoured", the court was told.<br /><br />On another trip when five boys were in the tent, she was naked and asked: "Does anyone want a blow job?"<br /><br />One victim later said the woman had pressurised the boys, saying: "Come on, let's go, don't be a puss", and he "felt like a wimp" until he agreed to have oral sex with her.<br /><br />Another child recalled that during an occasion when sex continued for about an hour, the woman said she loved him.<br /><br />In the court, a psychiatrist called by the defence said the woman lacked control over her impulses at the time. But Greenberg disagreed, saying she had a "personality disorder with mixed features" but did not have a severe mental illness.<br /><br />He said she had paedophilic tendencies but "technically" could not be classed as a paedophile because the behaviour occurred over five months, not the required six months.<br /><br />She had said she fell "in love" with an 11-year-old boy, said he initiated the conduct, was "flirtatious and persistent", and portrayed herself as fairly passive.<br /><br />The woman tried to rationalise and justify her behaviour, saying she had been providing sex education. "She also called them 'young men'. Obviously, 11-year-olds are children," Greenberg said.</p>
<p>The unnamed 41-year-old woman had "lots and lots of personality difficulties" and she knew her actions were wrong, psychiatrist David Greenberg told the New South Wales district court.<br /><br />The woman pleaded not guilty to 21 sex offences on the basis of having a mental illness at the time.<br /><br />The offences involve 18 counts of sexual intercourse, involving oral sex and vaginal penetration, and three indecency offences during 2009, Australia's AAP news agency reported.<br /><br />The six victims were aged 11 and 12 and attended the school where the woman worked as a house mistress.<br /><br />The offences occurred at the school sick room, in the woman's flat and on camping trips.<br />On one trip, she went into a tent of five youngsters and had a "conversation with the boys in relation to sexual positions, history and locations she favoured", the court was told.<br /><br />On another trip when five boys were in the tent, she was naked and asked: "Does anyone want a blow job?"<br /><br />One victim later said the woman had pressurised the boys, saying: "Come on, let's go, don't be a puss", and he "felt like a wimp" until he agreed to have oral sex with her.<br /><br />Another child recalled that during an occasion when sex continued for about an hour, the woman said she loved him.<br /><br />In the court, a psychiatrist called by the defence said the woman lacked control over her impulses at the time. But Greenberg disagreed, saying she had a "personality disorder with mixed features" but did not have a severe mental illness.<br /><br />He said she had paedophilic tendencies but "technically" could not be classed as a paedophile because the behaviour occurred over five months, not the required six months.<br /><br />She had said she fell "in love" with an 11-year-old boy, said he initiated the conduct, was "flirtatious and persistent", and portrayed herself as fairly passive.<br /><br />The woman tried to rationalise and justify her behaviour, saying she had been providing sex education. "She also called them 'young men'. Obviously, 11-year-olds are children," Greenberg said.</p>