ABSTRACT

This chapter deals with sexual behaviour amongst adults involved in the school community. It raises issues about when, if at all, the sexual behaviour of staff is, or should be, the concern of school leaders. If a community expects its teachers to be model exemplars and upholders of moral virtues, there are obvious tensions if teachers then become involved in sexual behaviours that are deemed unacceptable and inappropriate. This of course raises the issue of what is inappropriate. For some communities, as discussed by Epstein and Johnson (1998), any sexual relationship that is not heterosexual and married would fall into this category.