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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]...back in non-crazy land (male preschool teacher again), the good news is that my parents get comfortable with me quickly once they realize that, yes, men can be nurturing, caring creatures around young kids, and that their kids love to come to school. But my guard is always up at some level, because it has to be. Female teachers can have kids sit in their laps all day long; I never allow it. I rarely offer hugs to kids spontaneously, although I always accept them; the female teachers are far more likely to just go and hug kids because they want to. Our school doesn't have an on paper rule against going into the girls' bathroom if male, but it's a de-facto one that female teachers are allowed in both gender bathrooms while males are relegated to the male bathroom (as if our background checks only searched for male child abuse). It goes on and on; like any other minority, you walk in two worlds and learn to navigate both so the majority (i.e., the female teachers and parents) don't feel threatened.

I love my job despite the nonsense. And a good male preschool teacher is a far better one than a good female preschool teacher because he'll have worked a hell of a lot harder to get there and stay there (much like a good female engineer vs a good male one).[/quote]

And I'm all in favor of male pre-school teachers, and male elementary school teachers, and male [any stereotypically female/caring profession]. Really, I am. But you don't do yourself any favors when you talk about "modesty" for two-year-old girls who are "flashing" their underwear.[/quote]

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