Sexual Harassment
Sexual Harassment
AED/204
July 20, 2013
Vicki Kugel-Brandt
Sexual Harassment
Jenny Reid is a middle-school teacher in a suburb of Atlanta. Her sixth-grade students are primarily majority group students from middle-class backgrounds. The children in her class are good students, well-motivated, and reasonably well behaved. Her only discipline problem is the excessive teasing that some of the boys in the class impose on the girls. Near the end of recess, Amy Hotchkiss approaches Ms. Reid, obviously very upset. Amy is one of the more physically mature girls in the class. She is one of a half dozen in the class who has started wearing a bra. Angry and trying to control her temper, she whispers rather loudly that Eric, Darren, Kevin, and Myles have been teasing some of the girls, calling them names and making reference to their physical development. In addition, they have been running up to the girls wearing bras and pulling at the elastic in the back. “What are you going to do to them?” she asks.
Questions for Discussion
1. Is this incident simply a schoolboy prank, or is this sexual harassment?
This incident is considered sexual harassment because it deals with a woman’s personal body and/or figure. A schoolboy prank to a female would be something like this boy likes you when he really doesn’t or something else that doesn’t directly involve something related to her body or figure.
2. Should the boys involved be punished? If so, what should the punishment be?
Yes, the boys involved should be punished and that should be determined by the schools guidelines that are related with sexual harassment. If I was the Principal I would address the boys about the incident, call the boys’ parents into school and then discuss with the parents on what course of action we should take. I personally would give them detention for a week with a suspension from all afterschool programs (especially if they are active into school sport teams).
3. Should
AED/204
July 20, 2013
Vicki Kugel-Brandt
Sexual Harassment
Jenny Reid is a middle-school teacher in a suburb of Atlanta. Her sixth-grade students are primarily majority group students from middle-class backgrounds. The children in her class are good students, well-motivated, and reasonably well behaved. Her only discipline problem is the excessive teasing that some of the boys in the class impose on the girls. Near the end of recess, Amy Hotchkiss approaches Ms. Reid, obviously very upset. Amy is one of the more physically mature girls in the class. She is one of a half dozen in the class who has started wearing a bra. Angry and trying to control her temper, she whispers rather loudly that Eric, Darren, Kevin, and Myles have been teasing some of the girls, calling them names and making reference to their physical development. In addition, they have been running up to the girls wearing bras and pulling at the elastic in the back. “What are you going to do to them?” she asks.
Questions for Discussion
1. Is this incident simply a schoolboy prank, or is this sexual harassment?
This incident is considered sexual harassment because it deals with a woman’s personal body and/or figure. A schoolboy prank to a female would be something like this boy likes you when he really doesn’t or something else that doesn’t directly involve something related to her body or figure.
2. Should the boys involved be punished? If so, what should the punishment be?
Yes, the boys involved should be punished and that should be determined by the schools guidelines that are related with sexual harassment. If I was the Principal I would address the boys about the incident, call the boys’ parents into school and then discuss with the parents on what course of action we should take. I personally would give them detention for a week with a suspension from all afterschool programs (especially if they are active into school sport teams).
3. Should