A former sex education teacher in Manhattan has resigned her position after teaching 6-year-old students it “feels good” to touch their genitals.
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The educator, Justine Ang Fonte, first faced backlash in June, when she shared videos with her young students teaching them how to touch their bodies in intimate ways, according to The New York Times.
Fonte reportedly played animated videos featuring characters discussing erections, masturbation, and specific details of male and female genitalia.
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Drawing an annual salary of $55,000, the now-unemployed teacher also facilitated instruction on gender identity and sexual consent.
Fonte, who also taught at Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School, faced backlash in May, too, over “porn literacy” lessons she taught high schoolers. The class exposed students to an “intersectional focus on mainstream porn” and presentations often included very explicit language.
School administrators issued a formal apology to parents — who didn’t know about the course — once they learned what Fonte was teaching.
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Following weeks of backlash, Fonte told the Times she quit her job because her bosses “[failed] to back me up” in response to the criticism, even claiming the backlash against her “cost me my safety.”
She went on to tell the newspaper she stands by her lessons and hopes they “equip” students “with a way that they can exercise body agency and consent by knowing exactly what those parts are, what they are called, and how to take care of them.”
Fonte also expressed disappointment toward Columbia Prep.
“At least one person at the school trusted that I could [teach the lessons],” she said. “And I did. But they weren’t ready to back it up, and it cost me my safety.”
Moving forward, Fonte is planning to author children’s books.
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