feeling very disturbed
Ever since my senior year started i've been receiving weird treatment from my male religion teacher.
Some background info: he's a very well liked teacher, he loves to joke around and is pretty popular with both the students and staff.
But things have been weird and i'll try to split this into points.
Exhibit 1; He tends to give people nicknames which isn't a big deal my nickname is "Barbie" it started because he kept complimenting my looks and appearance. (I appear quite youthful and younger than my age and I love wearing feminine accessories like pink ribbons and bows) so it made sense.
Exhibit #2: he loves to single me out amongst my girl classmates. "Barbie would beat you all in a beauty contest", "Barbie is the prettiest girl at this school", "There's no one more beautiful than Barbie" the girls in my class started to resent me for this despite my apologetic attempts. l've always treated them with kindness no matter the consequences and i've been getting mildly bullied lately (Verbal harassment and exclusion mostly) they call me names and spread rumours and heavily exclude me (it's not fun)
Exhibit #3: sexualisation? he was talking about the dangers of having sex before marriage / maturity and said something like "One day Barbie will get engaged and we will marry her off to her husband.
And she will do things with him that they'll both enjoy for very much" Yes he meant sex because he used the explicit term a second before. He picked me for the example and I know deep down he wouldn't have with any other girl. Why would he say that if he didn't think it? why couldn't he just generalise the lecture and speak in a general manner of a hypothetical married couple? he just planted an image for the entire class including the boys to think about. I feel exploited and disgusted.
Explicit #4: He kissed me. I've been being bullied and treated terribly by my classmates throughout the year. After a particularly bad incident he found me crying. He kissed me on the forehead which shocked me because that's definitely against protocol. I didn't think much of it because it was during the very early days of the year and none of my former points happened yet. but now that i think about it?
@Taintedrose112
This is all sexual harassment. Report him.
None of this is appropriate professional behaviour from someone in authority dealing with females who may be looking to him for guidance.
If he's doing this to you, it probably means he is doing it other other girls. Tell someone that he has crossed lines repeatedly and that you feel very uncomfortable and unsafe.
Not sure how doable feels replying to his public comment with something like “Please, don’t say that sir. I find it inappropriate”. Calling him out in front of everyone with your boundaries. From regular bully there could be a danger they would just keep going. But this one might get ashamed. If you could have one more person prepared to back you up with a loud “yeah, it is” maybe he would back off for good.
