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In reply to the discussion: Science teacher being investigated for using the word 'vagina' during lesson on reproductive system [View all]mike_c
(36,281 posts)I'm in the midst of a five year post-tenure review, and had quite a nice file to send up to the committee until someone noticed that among the literally thousands of student evaluations of my courses two students in two consecutive years complained that I showed pics of naked women in my introductory zoology class. If you haven't already guessed, the pics in question turned out to be anatomical DIAGRAMS of human female reproductive anatomy and morphology, including secondary sex characters, e.g. genitals and breasts. We use humans as models of mammalian reproduction because it's easier for students to relate to their own bodies. They slides I use-- supplied by the textbook publisher and identical to illustrations in the text-- are clinical drawings, but I've nonetheless spent weeks now explaining that to committee after committee and administrator after administrator.
Un-fucking-believable.