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Harlot Or Educator

A Modern twist on the Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

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Harlot Or Educator
Twitter Handle: @RevernedDrDash

This past weekend a one, Paris Monroe, aka "Teacher Bae" as dubbed by the Twitter-verse (depicted right), has gone viral. This is due to a set of photos posted to her Instagram account that caught the attention of the Arthur Dimmesdale's of the world, and they could not wait to put Ms. Monroe of the social media scaffold to "expose" her. A quick social media search (Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, Pintrest, Tumblr, etc) would reveal some of the comments and thoughts of the people. Both sides of the equation are represented, the support folks like @ActuallyShae:

and then non-supportive folks akin to Raven Barnes

I have no problem with what she does after she leaves the campus, but I feel that doing it during the academic school day is inappropriate. I suppose that I can't catch up with this world of vanity in the workplace, and of course, I am sure that I am in the minority on this, but I don't care because I feel that there [is] a time and place for everything.

Let's state a few obvious things about the situation: 1. people have entirely too much time on their hands if this is what they choose to focus on. I mean honestly of all the more relevant topics that could be the focus of discussions: Week 1 in the NFL, the Presidential election, police brutality in our country, and various other topics. Yet the world decided to focus on this woman and if she is "appropriately" dressed or not *cue the eye roll emoji*. She also has curves; she is not the only woman in the world with them, nor the only educator with them so why - I inquire - is the world making such a fuss over this specific woman? It could be misogyny rearing its unnecessary head again, however interestingly enough a lot of the negative comments came from women reminding us even more of The Scarlet Letter. It could also have a racist aspect to it, a young Black woman is doing something positive in her community and some people just can't handle that; yet, a preponderance of the nay-sayers were black so i'm not sure we can give weight to that thought either. People's comments suggest that this is a discussion on "appropriateness" but what exactly is inappropriate about her attire?

From the pictures posted: she is fully covered, no low necklines, and with hem(s) down to her knees she is compliant in about every dress code I have ever come into contact with so she shouldn't be demonized for what she can't control. She didn't ask the Creator to be blessed with the curves; she just developed them so let's not attack her for it. Additionally this educator hasn't been accused/found guilty of sexual intercourse with any of her students; not something all the educators that have been in the social media spotlight recently can claim. Thus, instead of attempting to brand her with a red 'H' and trying to shame her for something she can't control...let us instead adorn her with a golden 'E' and uplift her as a sharpener of minds. A woman who provides and/or adds structure, and love to children when they are away from their parents. Someone who genuinely has the children's best interest at heart.


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