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Was it wrong for my gym teacher to make this comment?
so I have this gym teacher in high school who is young, (younger than 30 I think) really pretty and good looking and red headed, and she teaches physical education and Health and so we are doing the swimming unit and while in the pool she was walking around and she then said to me and some of my friends later when we were walking back to the locker room to change that she likes the swimming unit the most because she likes to look at all the male students without their shirts on in the water and it gives her lots to look at and she hopes you work hard so they all look nice for her. I have zero problem with what she said, but if some kid who was around me decides to go and cry to someone about it, will she get in trouble?
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I saw your question previously, and I think you've been given the correct answer already.
Yes, your teacher could get in some trouble for this comment, and yes, she should get into some trouble for this comment.
Even if she wasn't a teacher, it's unprofessional and rude to talk about other peoples' bodies in that way while you are at work. If she was a lifeguard, or a shift manager at McDonald's, it would also be wrong for her to comment about co-workers or customers in that way. In almost any line of work, an employee might find themselves reprimanded for such a comment - and teachers are held to a higher standard than most.
It might be fine chatter among friends, but it's not a professional, polite or acceptable way to speak about people.
Your question also betrays an unfair bias: You imply because she's an attractive women it's not such a big deal, and that the young men in your class would be 'crying', like sissies, if they made uncomfortable by the attentions of an attractive woman.
That's straight up sexism. The assumption that men shouldn't be bothered by the inappropriate sexual conduct of women, that women never harass men or behave like sexual predators. Women do these things, and it's just as wrong when they do it as it is when men do it. I'm sure you didn't mean it that way, but that cultural bias seeps into your question when you feel it's important to include her age, and her level of attractiveness, when asking about whether her behavoir is acceptable.
It doesn't matter how hot anyone is. That shouldn't be factored in when considering when considering whether their behavoir is acceptable or not. Whether she is a fat, married old hag with warts and a limp, or Emma Stone's twin, the behavoir is still not cool.
I personally don't think she should get into much trouble. A stern warning to behave professionally and respectfully of her students would be sufficient, if I were her supervisor. But school's can have zero tolerance for these sorts of things, and it's possible that she could get in a lot of trouble.
And she should know that, because she's a teacher and adult, and not make stupid comments about her students' bodies.
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