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Old 04-19-2005, 04:06 PM   #21
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Absolutely!
BTW, I incorporated part of your summary into her backstory and edited the first post to update her as usable.
I still Say needs Secret (Reseach Methord) [-5]

Simplese cause the buss bodies of her school district woudl see that she is fired if it became "public knowelde" ...to protect the kids.

[Note I don't agree with the behavour, but I've seen it happen too often to discount it]
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Old 04-19-2005, 04:22 PM   #22
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Simply because the busybodies of her school district would see that she is fired if it became "public knowlegde" ...to protect the kids.

[Note I don't agree with the behavior, but I've seen it happen too often to discount it]
Well, I've known way too many pre-school and grammar-school teachers who didn't have any issues keeping their private affairs discreet.
After all, what busybody can tell just by speaking to Kathy that she has totally overcome her gag reflex?
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Old 04-19-2005, 04:34 PM   #23
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Well, I've known way too many pre-school and grammar-school teachers who didn't have any issues keeping their private affairs discreet.
After all, what busybody can tell just by speaking to Kathy that she has totally overcome her gag reflex?
yes but all that means is the FoA would be lower. the -5 assume the noral FoA of 6). which is a rare incation any way. But the fact that it comming out has possible job loss is gooed enough to qulify as a secret
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Old 04-19-2005, 04:42 PM   #24
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yes but all that means is the FoA would be lower. the -5 assume the noral FoA of 6). which is a rare incation any way. But the fact that it comming out has possible job loss is gooed enough to qulify as a secret
Firing someone because of their private sexlife would be questionable unless you're in a really conservative region. I hadn't even realized that the biblebelt was that bad.
If we're talking the Northeast, unless it's really yankee backcountry, normal teachers wouldn't even be that embarrassed by something like that, so I couldn't justify it in my normal worldview.
However, if in your worldview her hobby is worth a [-5] Secret, then please feel free to apply it as appropriate.
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Old 04-19-2005, 04:48 PM   #25
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Ze'Manel,

It is called "moral turpitude" and a teacher (or anyone that has contact with children especially small children) can be fired on that basis. So yes, her "eclectic" sex life needs to be a secret. This btw is not just in the bible-belt. To my knowledge it applies even in fairly liberal states such as Wa, Or, and Ca. I know it applies in WA because my father is a (retired) teacher in WA.

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Old 04-19-2005, 04:57 PM   #26
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Old 04-19-2005, 05:08 PM   #27
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It is called "moral turpitude" and a teacher (or anyone that has contact with children especially small children) can be fired on that basis. So yes, her "eclectic" sex life needs to be a secret. This btw is not just in the bible-belt. To my knowledge it applies even in fairly liberal states such as Wa, Or, and Ca. I know it applies in WA because my father is a (retired) teacher in WA.
Come on now, did your father ever have to give a report to the school board of what his sexual activities and partners were during his tenure?

There's nothing depraved or moraly questionable about eclectic, or being good at something as long as you're discreet, are doing it in private, and everyone involved is a consenting adult.

Geez, that's the last I'm talking about her hobby unless the question is posed by someone who's posted a non-adventurer too.
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Old 04-19-2005, 05:20 PM   #28
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It is called "moral turpitude"...
Moral terpitude is a clause associated most often with school teachers that qualify for tenure. Such a clause is not sufficient evidence that teachers can be fired for their private sex lives. I am not aware of any such case, but I welcome your relevant examples.

Here in Tennessee (certainly a part of the bible belt) I'm only aware of the "moral terpitude" clause being invoked for child pornography.
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Old 04-19-2005, 05:26 PM   #29
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What I'm thinking about here is the time taken to get 4 character points.

If she had a teacher, that's 800 hours she's spent on it.

If she's "self-taught", that's 1,600 hours.

If it was "on the job" (got her through college perhaps?) that's 3,200 hours.

I'm guessing this is some of that "tantric" sex, where you bonk for hours and hours and hours and...

Maybe she should have had that "workaholic" disadvantage, too:D
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Old 04-19-2005, 05:46 PM   #30
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Moral terpitude is a clause associated most often with school teachers that qualify for tenure. Such a clause is not sufficient evidence that teachers can be fired for their private sex lives. I am not aware of any such case, but I welcome your relevant examples.

Here in Tennessee (certainly a part of the bible belt) I'm only aware of the "moral terpitude" clause being invoked for child pornography.
That depends. We aren't just talking about a teacher with a private sex life. You're right; that would not generate comment. We are tallking about someone who has spent 1,600 HOURS intimately studying sex and I don't just mean from a text-book. To get this number of points, you'd have to not only study the manuels but practice nearly daily...i.e. frequently and often. I'm sorry, but if a teacher has more bed partners and more varied bed partners than a typical prostitute, then that will cause questions of moral turpitude especially if that teacher is around small children on a daily basis. Don't think so? The "moral turpitude" clause exists for public teachers precisely so a school board can fire them for just this sort of thing.

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Edit: That's 1600 hours assuming she had a teacher.....which would only be possible if she were a licensed sex theripist or prostitute (and they exist legally even in the US). Such a background would certainly raise issues of moral turpitude. If she were "self-taught" that's 3,200 hours......with all the consequences listed above and then some.
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