I must say this is absolutely true.
When I was sixteen, I had a mad-crush on a guy. Ironically, it was a cop.
*ahem*
Anyway, as someone who had prior abuse in her life, it meant the *world* to me that this guy paid any attention to me at all. He was nice. He was curteous. He DIDN'T pressure me for anything I didn't want to do, but from an emotional standpoint, it was exactly like that. This guy made me feel special. He made me feel wanted. He made me feel loved, if you can call it that. I was sixteen, and I fell for it hook, line, and sinker.
Looking back, I am quite lucky this guy was honorable. Otherwise, I could have been an victim again so easily. Just because I was SO very naive. I also had alot of emotional issues stemming from my abuse that would have made me easy prey.
Many times, kids aren't so lucky, and the "mad crush", or whomever, isn't honorable. That's how kids get hurt.