limlim:

Being LGBT is fine.


But promoting LGBT is so wrong.

williamslim:

Can someone enlighten me how any organisation is supposed to sieve out anyone based on any inclination or belief systems, if the person does not declare them?

williamslim:

Can someone enlighten me how any organisation is supposed to sieve out anyone based on any inclination or belief systems, if the person does not declare them?

Kate1:

http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/faculty_sites/rainbow/html/facts_molestation.html


If you don't like reading long lists of studies, jump to the short conclusion at the bottom of the linked page above.

Basically, scientific research has made it outstandingly clear that there is no connection between whether one is a predator of children and one's sexual orientation. A gay person is just as likely to be a predator as a straight person, and no more likely.

The notion to the contrary is both outdated and incorrect, going completely against facts and reality.

I agree that parents need to be careful and keep their children safe, but that has absolutely nothing at all to do with teachers who are gay. To think otherwise is objectively incorrect, and takes time and effort away from the real problem. I care deeply about the safety of children, which is why this sort of wild-goose chase is so worrying for me, as it actually harms children. Using time and resources on this sort of non-problem means there is less time and less resources left over to use on the real problem, so the children get less help.

By focussing on whether the MOE should hire gay teachers, as pointed out, would go against the fair employment practices guidelines, which are there precisely to prevent this sort of thing. It would also mean that we would be spending our efforts on something that does not help our children at all instead of actually discussing ways to benefit the children, such as stricter or more carefully-executed background checks, etc. By putting time and effort into something pointless like this, we (and the MOE) have less time and effort to put into things that would actually help.

To wrongly agree with the disproved notion that gay teachers are more of a danger to our students than straight teachers prevents children actually being helped or identifying real predators. Let's not waste the MOE's time and disadvantage our children by believing in this sort of nonsense that has already been disproved by numerous studies. Our children deserve to be as safe as they can be, which cannot happen if the people who keep them safe waste time on things that have been shown to have no connection to the real problem here.

harvardalum:

A person's sexual orientation does not predispose him/her to pedophilic tendencies, in my opinion.

ChiefKiasu:

floppy:

[quote=\"Imami\"]We not only need to worry about male teachers, we also need to be wary of female teachers! Haven't we read about female school teachers having sex with her students? :slapshead:

Oh dear. Someone should write an open letter to MOE to ask them to cease hiring of male and female teachers.

floppy:

Imami:

We not only need to worry about male teachers, we also need to be wary of female teachers! Haven't we read about female school teachers having sex with her students? :slapshead:

Oh dear. Someone should write an open letter to MOE to ask them to cease hiring of male and female teachers.

Imami:

We not only need to worry about male teachers, we also need to be wary of female teachers! Haven't we read about female school teachers having sex with her students? :slapshead:

WeiHan:

Imami:

I think parents of boys have it worse. I have a little boy. We not only need to worry about male teachers, we also need to be wary of female teachers! Haven't we read about female school teachers having sex with her students? :slapshead:

It is a very strange view. Haven't we heard often of male teachers or adults having sexual affairs with underaged girls? The seriousness when girls are involved is that they can get pregnated and that will leave permanent harm physically.

Imami:

I think parents of boys have it worse. I have a little boy. We not only need to worry about male teachers, we also need to be wary of female teachers! Haven't we read about female school teachers having sex with her students? :slapshead: