How do I protect my young daughter from her lessbian gym coach?

Question

I have a 12 year old girl who has a homosexual gym coach (I have met this coach and I generally know how to spot them). How do I protect the innocence of my little girl, I don't want her changing in the locker room in front of this perveted authority figure. And it's easier to prevent this now than have to sue the school in a court of law later on.

Answer 1

You make me laugh, but not as hard as the people who took this question seriously.

Answer 2

First of all, in order to work in a school, you can't have any history of being a "pervert" or child molester. What you have just asked is very prejudiced indeed.

You don't need to protect your daughter. The situation would be the same as with any other teacher. Do you need to protect your daughter from every male teacher that she has as well? Because it's just about as dangerous.

What you are asking is silly. Teachers are teachers because they love students, not because they want to molest them or anything like that. Chill. Your daughter's gym coach is not a "perverted authority figure". She is a gym coach. A teacher. An instructor. A mentor. She will in no way harm your child.

And if you are worried about your child becoming homosexual, it will probably happen anyway because you are prejudiced and suppressing what she wants.

I have a homosexual gym coach as well. I am a female as is the coach. Nothing has ever happened to a female student under her care. No one needed to be "protected." You are overreacting.

Answer 3

To assume that just because someone is gay equals perversion and lusting after children is so wrong. A gay person - particularly one who is openly gay - is no more likely to be drawn to children than a straight one is, in spite of some alarmist reports in the conservative press. And child molestation among women is pretty rare to start with.

You don't say how long this woman has been a teacher, but odds are if she had exhibited any perverted behavior she would not be teaching today.

I hope you will park your attitude somewhere where it won't infect your child with this poison. Simply tell your daughter than you expect that if she is EVER inappropriately touched or approached by ANYONE of ANY SEX at ANY TIME she should tell you about it without fear of reprisal or embarassment.

By the way, the most "butch" gym coach I ever met was married (to a man) and had three children.

Answer 4

i think you may be a little too judgmental for one you don't actually know if she is homosexual you just have a feeling and second if she wasn't fit to be a teacher of if she had a nasty mind i would think she would have tried something already give her a break and third gym teachers don't usually be in the locker room when the girls are changing they have a office off to the side...(in most cases) i would say don't loose any sleep over it there is nothing to worry about. just tell your daughter if she tries anything go and tell an athourity figure. Or if you are still uncomfortable have your daughter take another gym teacher im sure there is more than one

Answer 5

As parents, it is our responsability to educate our kids to protect themselves. You should have had a talk with your daughter allready, have you told her what a pedophile is? and what to do when an adult talks or touches her in a way that makes her feel weird or uncomfortable? tell her when something happens like that to go and talk to you ASAP. I think if you prepare your daughter with that info, you should´nt be worried, because if she senses anything wrong she will come and talk to you ASAP and thats when you take action. This has nothing to do with the sexual preference of the gym teacher. Your neighbor could be a pedophile and you may not know it, so it all comes down to the information you give your child, she should be aware at all times, not just with her gym teacher. Good Luck

Answer 6

OMG Do you have to have a key to unlock your closed mind? I'm just asking because this is the most unintelligent and closed minded question I've read in quite some time. Gay does not wear off on people, your daughter can't catch it. Just because someone is gay does not mean they are perverted. I think YOU are perverted because you are thinking about an adult bothering a child. You cannot be serious. What possible reason could you go to court for? You're crazy and very narrow minded. I feel sorry for your daughter growing up with such a closed minded parent.

Answer 7

I think it's unfair and unfounded to assume that the coach is going to interfere with your child just because she (the coach) is a lesbian. If you want to protect the innocence of your child, you should be looking at pedophiles who can be male or female, but I don't know of any report that indicates that someone who is gay will necessarily be a pedophile. Furthermore, your child is probably in more danger of being influenced by her peers than by the coach. The danger here is that you are taking her innocence by teaching your child to be biased and intolerant.

Answer 8

"You know how to spot them"? You never know. She could or could not be. But in gym at school, it doesn't really matter. Unless your daughter reports suspicious behavior, don't say anything or concern yourself. Lesbian doesn't make you less of a being (God made these people to). You are narrow minded and are rather prestigious. Homosexuality is not a transmitted disease, so it is nothing to be worried about.

Answer 9

That is so prejudiced- it's none of your business what that woman does outside of school. If she was hired by a school she can't have a criminal record. And how can you be so sure that she's really a lesbian? If you'd give people a chance, maybe you'd see that just because someone's different doesn't mean they're terrible. I can see how you'd want your child to be safe, but still!

Answer 10

Wow. This is so prejudice. If the woman is a teacher, she must have no criminal record. And you don't even know if she's a lesbian. But, I can understand a little, with all the sick things teachers are doing to kids these days. But, that has nothing to do with her sexual orientation. If you really are that prejudice, I suggest you have your daughter switch schools.

Answer 11

a bush-supporting homophobe, how typical...
please do not automatically assume that all homosexual women are going to go after your daughter. if there are no signs or reports of abuse or a prior history of it then it is unfair and prejudiced to accuse the teacher of this. besides, just because you think she may be homosexual doesn't mean she is. a pe teacher at my school was accused of being a lesbian, but then she got married.