A local school teacher here was forced to resign after school officials spied on him to catch him having consensual sex with a female teacher at the same school. The female teacher was not reprimanded, her identity is being protected, and she is being treated as a victim.

im_probably_tripping · 2013-11-16T04:53:13+00:00

He was also denied any sort of unemployment or severance benefits in court.

27monkeys · 2013-11-16T13:42:23+00:00

It says staff member and colleague. Not staffer. Maybe it's not a teacher. But if they are going to try hard to protect the other person's identity then you use vague language like staff member. Just saying, it doesn't prove they aren't a teacher

jewsuslives · 2013-11-16T06:57:58+00:00

The article refers to her as a staffer, not as a teacher. They may have had different contracts. It also states that the principal had a chat with Mr. Brown, while she didn't do so with that female staffer. This suggests that Mr. Brown lied about his fling, while the female staffer made no comments.

Teachers are held to a higher standard. Perhaps that explains the difference in punishment.

What happened here may very well be discriminatory, but that's not the only possibility.

Funcuz · 2013-11-16T11:20:55+00:00

How do we know she was a teacher ? How do we know she wasn't also fired ?

Look , if we simply jump to certain conclusions then yes , it's pretty blatant discrimination and a clear double standard. On the other hand , I didn't see anything in that article that alluded to anything whatsoever about her or her employment status immediately following the revelation.

If she's a teacher there , still employed by them , suffered no consequences at all then I want to see proof of that. Somebody's word on the internet just doesn't count for much. Sorry.

Leinadro · 2013-11-16T05:25:02+00:00

I would like to assume that she was also offered the ultimatum of "resign or be fired". However it really does bother me that he was publicly named while her ID is being protected.

Funcuz · 2013-11-16T08:56:03+00:00

I don't understand why their relationship was "inappropriate." It doesn't say either person was a supervisor to another, so I don't see why their relationship should even matter.

maako1328 · 2013-11-16T05:05:37+00:00

I am afraid you are probably tripping. No where is she described as a victim. He is fighting for benefits and was denied. The school is not commenting on the other party. I would assume she was also let go and, if she also fights for benefits, we will know her name and she will be denied as well. Non-issue.

2013-11-16T16:10:10+00:00

School is where we learn all the rules! Society is crumbling.

2013-11-16T12:06:52+00:00

Sadly, a feminist would of course view this as anti-woman sexism, with the female infantilized and her decisions viewed as inconsequential.

Clauderoughly · 2013-11-16T19:08:49+00:00

Say it with me.

It's only a crime when men do it.

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