From teacher to lover
Subtitle: sex scandals in the classroom
By: Tara Star Johnson.
Publisher: Lang; Peter Lang
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781433103421
Subjects: Female sex offenders -- United States -- Case studies; Women teachers -- United States -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies.
Description: "In the decade since Mary Kay Letourneau's infamous liaison with her sixth-grade student was exposed, the reporting of sexual misconduct cases among teachers has proliferated. The amount of media attention - to women teachers in particular - has increased because the public is titillated and baffled by such cases of aberrant female sexuality. This is a qualitative case study of two high school English teachers, Hannah and Kim, who each had a sexual relationship with a student. Their cases are examined, along with those of Letourneau and Heather Ingram, two headline-heavy teachers whose backgrounds and patterns of behavior within the relationships are similar to Hannah's and Kim's. Without judging or sympathizing, this book elucidates the process by which these women crossed the ethical and professional line from teacher to lover. Teacher educators concerned about raising issues of gender, sexuality, and embodiment in their classes will find this a thorny but compelling text for generating dialogue about the taboo topic of bodies in education." --Book Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : background of the problem; title: The "problem" of teaching bodies; title: The gendering of misconduct; title: Background of the women; title: Crossing the line; title: Justifications and role tensions; title: Denouements; title: Reflections.