Something has been bugging me for a few days and I need to have some other opinions...
I was on duty the other day with an older male colleague (50’s maybe but we are both middle leadership). SLT are being really hot on checking people are doing their duty atm and often just pop in to see who is there.
Our SLT member in charge of organising duties etc is homosexual (this is relevant, I promise).
I don’t know this colleague very well but we were having a giggle about how we would cover for each other is SLT come when one of us isn’t there/had forgotten to come etc.
Male staff member then says, ‘I’ll tell him you have woman’s problems’ at which I was a bit
but then he said ‘he will understand, he probably has them himself’
I’m disgusted that this kind of homophobia is still a thing in our work place. Part of me thinks it’s just an attitude that many older generation have but the other part is outraged that this sort of out dated thinking is excused as being ‘just a generational thing’.
Also, thinking about it, I’m pretty sure that is same member of staff made a similar comment about a student last year who has a sensitive personality and has more female friends than male etc.
So what do I do? I’m pretty new to the school (been teaching 10 years though) so I’m not that keen to rock the boat but I just can’t let it go surely.... WWYD?