# Teacher suspended for pulling a Janet Jackson

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 17, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-suspended-for-pulling-a-janet-jackson/234837 "2004-03-17T13:35:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-suspended-for-pulling-a-janet-jackson/234837/81 "2004-03-19T06:18:44Z")

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> [@Machetero](#):
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> There’s really no comparison with acting like a slut and socializing with blacks. Isn’t it kind of demeaning to blacks and those that associate with them? One is wrong and another is perfectly fine.

So any girl who shows her tits to some guys at a party is a slut?

Whatever.

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**Author:** ![metrochic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@metrochic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metrochic)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teacher-suspended-for-pulling-a-janet-jackson/234837/82 "2004-03-19T06:37:09Z")

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> I would have a problem with my daughter (if I had one) have a teacher who lifted her shirt in a crowd for any reason. It shows me that this woman has very little judgement and shows a weakness that I would not want my daughter so see in a person of leadership. I would want her to have a teacher who has respect for herself and is a strong woman. Not someone who is a candidate for girls gone wild.

Okay, I’m not picking the best time to jump in with both feet, I guess…but I don’t really care.

I have a daughter (although not yet of school age) and I wouldn’t have a problem with something like this happening with one of her teachers as long as it wasn’t done **in front of my daughter**. This teacher was doing this on her own time at a private party. If she felt pressured to lift her top, that’s sad…but more so on her part than on the part of the people pressuring her. No one forced her - and what would have been the alternative to giving in? Being ridiculed? Oh yeah. That’s just **too** hard to deal with.

Also, it should be noted that I am a 29 year old woman, have respect for myself **and** consider myself a strong woman…and guess what? I’ve bared my breasts in public. Not because someone pressured me, either. The reality is that some people just don’t find sexuality and/or displays of it offensive or wrong. I will be glad when we all start worrying about larger problems than a few bared breasts. Truly.

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