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04-28-2016, 01:30 AM
Substitute teacher says she was fired for saying 'vagina'
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When substitute teacher Allison Wint used the word "vagina" in front of a class full of Michigan 8th graders, she expected a reaction of light giggling. She didn't expect to be fired.
That's what Wint is claiming happened following a lecture in which she used the word "vagina" several times during an art history lesson. The discussion was focused on controversial art and Georgia O'Keefe's works, many of which use vaginal imagery.
SEE ALSO: Teacher Fired for Nudity in Old French Erotic Films Regrets **thing (http://mashable.com/2014/10/21/montreal-teacher/)
Wint told Lansing State Journal (http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/04/26/teacher-says-vagina-in-class-battle-creek-vword/83571076/) she remembers telling the class: “Imagine walking into a gallery when [O’Keefe] was first showing her pieces, and thinking, ‘Am I actually seeing vaginas here, am I a pervert? I’m either a pervert or this woman was a pervert.’ Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/27/teacher-fired-word-vagina/)
More about Allison Wint (http://mashable.com/category/allison-wint/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Michigan Teacher Fired (http://mashable.com/category/michigan-teacher-fired/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Georgia O Keeffe Paintings (http://mashable.com/category/georgia-o-keeffe-paintings/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Watercooler (http://mashable.com/watercooler/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1461792956 (http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1461792956)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/ho15fJ9jmzA
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When substitute teacher Allison Wint used the word "vagina" in front of a class full of Michigan 8th graders, she expected a reaction of light giggling. She didn't expect to be fired.
That's what Wint is claiming happened following a lecture in which she used the word "vagina" several times during an art history lesson. The discussion was focused on controversial art and Georgia O'Keefe's works, many of which use vaginal imagery.
SEE ALSO: Teacher Fired for Nudity in Old French Erotic Films Regrets **thing (http://mashable.com/2014/10/21/montreal-teacher/)
Wint told Lansing State Journal (http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/michigan/2016/04/26/teacher-says-vagina-in-class-battle-creek-vword/83571076/) she remembers telling the class: “Imagine walking into a gallery when [O’Keefe] was first showing her pieces, and thinking, ‘Am I actually seeing vaginas here, am I a pervert? I’m either a pervert or this woman was a pervert.’ Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/27/teacher-fired-word-vagina/)
More about Allison Wint (http://mashable.com/category/allison-wint/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Michigan Teacher Fired (http://mashable.com/category/michigan-teacher-fired/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Georgia O Keeffe Paintings (http://mashable.com/category/georgia-o-keeffe-paintings/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Watercooler (http://mashable.com/watercooler/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1461792956 (http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/mash.to/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x 250;ord=1461792956)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/ho15fJ9jmzA