Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!decvax!yale-com!mwolf
From: mwolf@yale-com.UUCP (Anne G. Wolf)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Discussion about Gay Teachers
Message-ID: <2374@yale-com.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 9-Nov-83 15:20:27 EST
Article-I.D.: yale-com.2374
Posted: Wed Nov  9 15:20:27 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 10-Nov-83 13:31:15 EST
Lines: 50

Some time ago, people started worrying about whether teachers were gay.
It was thought that gay teachers might be "bad models" for children.
This brought up a few other questions in my mind, and I would like to
know what netters think of them.

Please reply by posting things to the net.
(Summarizing responses would be impossible without biasing the result.)

Please sign your reply with at least a distinctive pseudonym,
if not your real name (even if you are using a "guest" account).

Please try to make your follow-ups polite.
------ --- -- ---- ---- ---------- -------

My opinions are probably evident from my phrasing of these questions.
I cannot think of a way to phrase the questions neutrally, but those
with differing viewpoints are welcome to post follow-ups.

I apologize in advance for any spelling or grammatical errors.

1) If a person is applying for a job, is it generally the employer's
   business to know the sexual preference of the perspective employee?
   If not, are there any professions, such as teacher or CIA agent,
   for which it would be reasonable to ask for this information?
   If so, should gays be considered a minority for the purposes of
   Affirmative Action?

2) Should the behavior of teachers in the classroom be such that it is
   possible for students to determine the sexual preference of their
   teacher?

3) Does one's sexual preference have any relationship with the preferences
   of people with whom one came in contact as a child?  Do sexual
   practices or the likelihood of "coming out of the closet" have any
   relationship with the preferences of people with whom one came in
   contact as a child?

4) Organizations such as the Man-Boy Love Association seem to hold the
   view that sex between children and adults is acceptable.
   Although the existing statutory rape laws make this practice illegal,
   do people think that there are circumstances under which this would
   be alright?  (Let us assume that the child is under 15 and that the
   adult is over 21 years of age.)  Do the respective genders of the
   adult and child make a difference in this judgement?  Are there
   circumstances under which sex between a teacher and a pupil would be
   alright?

   Please DO NOT reply by mail.

        Mary-Anne Wolf (decvax!yale-comix!mwolf).