Teacher-student sexual harassment is lurking the halls of high schools across the US and school authorities do not know what to do to stop it. Sexual harassment has been a problem in the United States for decades because instances go unreported by school administration, allowing the perpetrators to move to other schools or programs that allow them to work with and target more young children. The lack of proactiveness toward sexual harassment in high schools takes a major emotional toll on a student’s educational experience, leading them to undergo a lack of trust in their teachers and a loss of desire to attend school.
While being a young adult in high school, it can be difficult at times to get your voice heard and have authority take you …show more content…
In Simon Sebastian’s article “He Was Abused by a Female Teacher, but Was Treated like a Perpetrator”, a female teacher sexually abused her male student, but she was viewed as the victim. This article addresses the double standard in courtrooms that let the teacher get off with such a short prison sentence. Sebastian states that the seriousness of teacher-student sexual abuse on a male victim by a female teacher is not understood by some because it is believed that male students do not mind being sexually harassed by a woman because they are driven by raging hormones at such a young age. The student was bullied when he went to school because people were convinced that he had ruined “the poor girl’s life”. The student had his car vandalized with hateful messages and shapes of male genitalia bleached into the front yard of his home. Both male and female teacher-student sexual abuse victims had higher rates of psychiatric treatment for personality, anxiety and other disorders compared with the general population (Sebastian 1). Male teachers that sexually abuse students often receive the most severe punishments. It is not that I am placing any pity on male teachers that have received harsh sentences, I just feel that it is important that women receive that same punishment for equally egregious acts. Similar to Sebastian’s article, Reilly addresses how easy it is for some teachers that have sexually abused students to be given little to no punishment in his article “Teachers Who Sexually Abuse Students Still Find Classroom Jobs”. Reilly’s findings on teachers in the United States that have been able to find another job working with children after sexually abusing students seem to be aimed at school administration that is to blame for such acts happening. For one young student that would text her teacher to talk about her
While being a young adult in high school, it can be difficult at times to get your voice heard and have authority take you …show more content…
In Simon Sebastian’s article “He Was Abused by a Female Teacher, but Was Treated like a Perpetrator”, a female teacher sexually abused her male student, but she was viewed as the victim. This article addresses the double standard in courtrooms that let the teacher get off with such a short prison sentence. Sebastian states that the seriousness of teacher-student sexual abuse on a male victim by a female teacher is not understood by some because it is believed that male students do not mind being sexually harassed by a woman because they are driven by raging hormones at such a young age. The student was bullied when he went to school because people were convinced that he had ruined “the poor girl’s life”. The student had his car vandalized with hateful messages and shapes of male genitalia bleached into the front yard of his home. Both male and female teacher-student sexual abuse victims had higher rates of psychiatric treatment for personality, anxiety and other disorders compared with the general population (Sebastian 1). Male teachers that sexually abuse students often receive the most severe punishments. It is not that I am placing any pity on male teachers that have received harsh sentences, I just feel that it is important that women receive that same punishment for equally egregious acts. Similar to Sebastian’s article, Reilly addresses how easy it is for some teachers that have sexually abused students to be given little to no punishment in his article “Teachers Who Sexually Abuse Students Still Find Classroom Jobs”. Reilly’s findings on teachers in the United States that have been able to find another job working with children after sexually abusing students seem to be aimed at school administration that is to blame for such acts happening. For one young student that would text her teacher to talk about her