So a high school teacher in Ontario has been showing up for work wearing a massive prosthetic breastplate under his shirt. Not implants, but an actual prosthetic.
Some of his students posted some pictures on social media, and the photos circulated, and LibsOfTikTok got ahold of them, and now this person is internationally famous.
This person probably has the legal right to wear this thing to school. As the school board puts it,
When asked by blogTO on Friday about the teacher and backlash to their in-class look, the Halton District School Board (which operates Oakville Trafalgar) said that it "recognizes the rights of students, staff, parents/guardians and community members to equitable treatment without discrimination based upon gender identity and gender expression."
"Gender identity and gender expression are protected grounds under the Ontario Human Rights Code," said a representative for the school board.
"As this is a personnel matter, we cannot provide further information."
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The board told blogTO on Monday that its statement remains the same, reiterating that "the Halton District School Board is committed to establishing and maintaining a safe, caring, inclusive, equitable and welcoming learning and working environment for all students and staff."
Personally, this makes me want to puke. I don't think this person is "expressing their authentic self". I don't think anyone's "authentic self" involves 58" quintuple-Z cup prosthetic breastplate. This person is living out a fetish, and involving students in the process.
I have to imagine that this is gross and awkward and uncomfortable for all the students at the school. But I feel especially bad for the girls. Imagine how it must feel for them to see this disgusting, demeaning caricature of women when they go to school. I can't imagine how this can possibly be compatible with the stated goal of creating a safe, caring, inclusive, equitable and welcoming learning and working environment for girls. The only educational value for the girls is that they're seeing first hand evidence of how much men despise them.
https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/09/ontario-teacher-prosthetic-bust-school-board-defends/ -k