Dr D again provides an uncompromising reply to my question about allowing female staff to supervise boys in changing and showering. He is quite right that the duty of care along with health and safety overide any other considerations when push comes to shove, however just for a moment, consider the remote possibility of the same thing with the genders reversed. Would the law of the land prevail? I doubt it, feminists and others would be queuing up to hang the person responsible from the nearest yard arm – yet another double standard which goes back to my original argument.
Actually, here, I have absolutely no doubt that the law of the land would prevail in such a situation. I presume by the ‘genders reversed’ you refer to the idea of a male teacher winding up supervising girls in a state of undress – well, that’s happened, complaints have been made, complaints have been investigated, and the complaints have been thrown out.
