"Is It Navy Underwear?" Principal Commits Secondary Harm to Teacher Sexually Harassed by Student... Petition Submitted to Blue House

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Young-eun] A teacher at a middle school in Gyeonggi-do reported being sexually harassed by students to the school, but appealed for punishment, claiming to have suffered secondary harm from school officials such as the principal and vice principal.

On the 2nd, a petition titled "Please discipline the school administrators who covered up student-to-teacher sexual harassment and caused secondary harm" was posted on the Blue House's public petition board.

The petitioner stated, "From September to December 2019, I was sexually harassed by students," explaining that one student said, "Teacher, do you live alone? Who do you live with? Ah, just imagining it makes my nose bleed," while laughing, and

also heard sexual harassment remarks from another student such as, "Teacher, your body is pretty and your chest... your heart is pretty too. Why are you guys laughing? Did you imagine it?"

She continued, "I told the school principal that I was struggling because of the students' sexual harassment, but no action was taken. Regarding the comment about my body being pretty, I applied to the school’s Teacher Rights Protection Committee (TRPC) to the school administrators (principal and vice principal)," adding, "However, the principal pressured me not to hold the TRPC, saying not to make a big deal out of it and that teachers should endure it."

She further revealed, "During working hours, I was called to the principal's office three times and pressured not to hold the TRPC, asking if I had changed my mind, which ultimately prevented the TRPC from being held," and disclosed, "They caused secondary harm by saying things like 'It's because you're pretty,' 'The problem is how you dress,' 'Don't wear tight jeans,' 'Young people these days are sensitive with Me Too and all,' and 'Teachers should endure it.'"

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The petitioner stated that after being criticized for "wearing tight clothes," she wore loose short-sleeved shirts to class but was again summoned to the principal's office and suffered secondary harm from the school principal. She claimed, "Around October 2019, on a day I wore a loose short-sleeved shirt to class, I received a call from the principal and was summoned," and added, "The principal told me, 'A parent called saying that your loose short-sleeved shirt showed your bra inside. They said they saw a navy bra. Is it a navy bra?'"

She went on, "Honestly, I found such comments absurd, humiliating, and insulting, but on that day, I was wearing a nude-colored bra," and lamented, "I believe the parent who called the school about my bra color and the principal who insulted me by telling me this are both guilty of sexual harassment remarks."

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The petitioner, who said she continued to receive sexual harassment remarks from the principal until last year, stated, "During the 2020 school term, the principal insulted me with secondary harm by saying, 'Last year, your crying face (because of the sexual harassment incident) was fresh and had the innocence of a new teacher.'"

She added, "The vice principal, who concealed the sexual harassment incident, is still serving at this school, and the principal who concealed the sexual harassment incident and caused secondary harm is about to retire," and urged, "I hope the principal is stripped of his public official status and does not receive a pension of several hundred thousand won per month for life. I also want the vice principal who helped cover up the sexual harassment incident to be disciplined."

The petition had gained over 8,000 supporters as of 10 a.m. on the 3rd, just one day after it was posted.

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