From: David Richardson <rich5568>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:20:00 -0500

Food for thought.

Brian is right. They are the medical terms for certain body parts.

My wife, being a nurse, we hear all the medical terms quite a bit. But when I brought this topic up, my daughter (15) said, "Do you mind? I'm trying to eat." And my son(12) replied, "Yeah, Dad. Couldn't we talk about breasts instead?"

Yet, I'd venture to say if Brian were to start throwing terms around the faculty lounge and lunchroom like vagina, scrotum, penis, and breast, it wouldn't be long before his principal sat him down for a little chat about another term: sexual harrassment.

Medical term or not, sexual harrassment trumps freedom of expression every time.

Say it to adult colleagues and it's called sexual harrassment. Say it to children in a captive classroom and it's called education. (At least until some smart lawyer figures out he can make money by calling it sexual harrassment too.)

keep writing, dave r

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Received on Mon 19 Feb 2007 10:20:00 AM CST