But having said all that, I’m not 100% certain that we’re really talking about a genuine problem here. I’ve had similar feelings on other occasions during my teaching career as well. On a school camp during the early 1990s, I found myself compelled to enter a shower area occupied by girls (before anybody says anything – because I got well and truly savaged by people on another forum when I mentioned this incident recently – by people who believe such things must obviously be completely illegal – while it is considered very desirable that teachers should avoid entering areas occupied by children of the opposite sex in a state of undress, there’s no absolute prohibition on it anywhere in Australia (in independent schools, it is covered under in loco parentis and state schools have covered it under regulations, and there are a few particular situations – where it is not only permitted, but actually required.)
Views on Suspect Teachers from the Good Old Days36
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Strapped in front of Everyone3
It wasn’t like this stuff happened all the time, but as time went on I not only saw my...
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Corporal Punishment and The Caning Experience36
There’s an overwhelming presence of people on this planet, male and female alike, who are more than just...
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Female Pupils Slippered1
I’m interested in women who were slippered by male teachers at school, did it ever happen? was it common...
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Between the aisles3
It was only as she pulled the boy’s pants back up that mum became aware of me standing there...
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Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage81
Linking suicide to school corporal punishment, suggest that the person kills themselves soley because they were caned or paddled...
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Corporal Punishment & The Gender Disadvantage43
A fair assumption is probably 2:1 in ‘favour’ of the girls : and this is reinforced by anecdotal evidence...
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Did the Cane Hurt as Much as you Thought27
Frankly, had it been a male teacher she might have got away with it, but not with Sam. That,...
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Chastisement Across the Ages12
Other correspondents, of course, took up decidedly different viewpoints, and many even anticipated the verdict subsequently passed on Wildman...