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This article ignored the fact that male teachers are discriminated against by many parents. Simple behaviors that female teachers can do without any batting an
by lovich 9y ago
This article ignored the fact that male teachers are discriminated against by many parents. Simple behaviors that female teachers can do without any batting an eye, like being hugged by a pupil, can result in fear, or accusations of pedophilia when a male teacher does it.[1] A single accusation can be career ending[2] When you couple this with the average pay it's a high risk job with no commesurate reward so of course you're going to find less men going into the field
[1]http://abcnews.go.com/Health/men-teach-elementary-school/story?id=18784172 http://abcnews.go.com/Health/men-teach-elementary-school/sto...
[2]https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fairfax-teacher-sean-lanigan-still-suffering-from-false-molestation-allegations/2011/03/04/AFVwhh3G_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fairfax-teacher-sean-la...
- jrnichols 9y agoand such accusations are easy to level and can/have been used as leverage by unscrupulous students. men have become easy targets in education. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/30/one-in-five-school-staff-victims-of-false-claims-survey-shows https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/mar/30/one-in-fiv... https://www.nwpe.org/index.php/legal/false-accusations https://www.nwpe.org/index.php/legal/false-accusations