Teacher sex ban: Itâs more moral panic than sensible policy
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May 19, 2021 â 5.30am
May 19, 2021 â 5.30am
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When I attended high school, male teachers routinely tutored female students in rooms with closed doors. This was the â80s.
The Police sang
Donât Stand So Close to Me, about a schoolgirl with a crush and a teacher trying to resist temptation. Prior to graduation, a friend and I elaborately fantasised about how she might seduce her religious studies teacher, who was unusually attractive for a religious studies teacher and blessedly aloof.