Yahoo Lifestyle Teacher Claims a Parent Complained to School Administrator About Her Boobs, Sparking Reddit Debate
The teacher, who said she always follows the dress code, claimed the parent complained after their son was "talking about my boobs at home"
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Annoyed female Teacher in front of chalkboard.A middle school teacher has taken to Reddit for advice after claiming that a parent complained to an administrator about the way she was dressed.
The teacher, who goes by the name xtinalaperra on Reddit, wrote in a post that she has
"(for lack of better words) really big boobs," but that she "always" follows the dress code and has "never been dress coded in the 6 years I've been in education."
In fact, she wrote, "everyone always compliments my outfits!"
But, the Redditor said that she had been approached by a school administrator after a parent "said that their son was talking about my boobs at home." The parent raised a complaint, she says, because "they were concerned that I was not following dress code."
"My admin straight up told the parent that I always follow the dress code and I am just naturally 'blessed.' ” the Redditor added, later clarifying that administrator, who is a woman, used the words "naturally blessed" while explaining what happened to her — and that she personally "didn't mind" the comment.
"I’m not sure if she said it to the parent like that," the Redditor continued.
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The teacher also explained that she felt grateful for the way the administrator handled the situation. "She was very, very supportive of me and I didn’t feel that she was siding with the parent in that whole interaction," the teacher shared.
But, as the post came to an end, she asked, "Has this ever happened to anyone?"
"I’ve NEVER had a parent complain about my body," she added. "I’m just a curvy girl and I physically cannot hide it."
The post stirred a debate in the comments section, with some social media users arguing that the parent reacted oddly to the situation.
"It says a lot that this parent's response...was to run and complain to the principal because [checks notes] you have a body, instead of telling the kid to focus on school and, by the way, we don't talk about women like that," one commenter wrote.
Another commentator added, "So instead of the parent talking to their kid about respecting someone's body and minding their own business, [the parent] decided to complain to your higher up. I hate my generation, so much. We are failing as parents."
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Meanwhile, a different Redditor wrote that they felt like the conversation never should have made its way back to the teacher in the first place.
"I feel like maybe that conversation should have stopped at the admin. I'm not sure you needed to know that!" read the response. However, another user disagreed, saying, "If this happened to me I would be very upset if they didn't tell me. If they told me, I would feel more empowered to prepare myself and admin if the parents decided to take it further, or if I was approached by them directly."
Others opened up about facing similar comments about the way they were dressed while at the workplace.
"When I was in college I was called [into] the Ed department office. Apparently my cooperating teacher (just observations, not full student teaching) complained that I wasn't dressed professionally. I 100% was and offered to show them my clothes," the commenter wrote. "Like, sorry I'm a woman and have boobs. I'm getting mad again just thinking about it and it's been like 15 years."
That user also remarked that they were "glad" the administrator backed her up.
"Middle school boys are going to talk about boobs no matter what you do," they added. "Just keep being appropriate."
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