Kentucky High School Principal Under Investigation After Receiving Lap Dance From Male Student During Homecoming Rally
People are naturally freaking out over these photos, but because this was a male student in drag performing in a “man pageant” (one of the Kentucky high school’s homecoming activities), maybe they didn’t think it would be an issue?
They’re clearly all laughing in the photos because this was a comedy routine, and obviously no one had any actual sexual motivations here (unless one of them is gay, which would make this a whole other story). It’s just a bunch of straight guys screwing around. Still, who in their right mind thought the horrific optics of sexualizing teens with adults (one of whom is the school principal), even as a “joke,” would go unnoticed? Via Herald Leader:
Hazard Independent Superintendent Sondra Combs on Wednesday confirmed that she was investigating social media photos of homecoming activities at Hazard High School that showed a scantily clad male teenager giving lap dances to staff, including the principal, who is also Hazard’s mayor.
A schedule of homecoming activities for Tuesday on the Hazard High School Facebook page listed a “man pageant.”
Photos of the lap dances on the Hazard High School Athletics Facebook page were removed, but a photo on the page of teen girls in Hooters t-shirts and those depicting male students being paddled remained on the page Wednesday morning. Nema Brewer, a co-founder of the public education group Ky. 120 United, was among the people criticizing the activities Wednesday on social media. “Public education is under so much fire right now. This kind of stuff is not helpful. In fact, it’s disgusting. It appears they are sexualizing young adults,” Brewer told the Herald-Leader.
