Ephraim Enock Jende discovers that men can be made to feel like pieces of meat
Last year on the 24th, 25th and 26th of March, the Gauteng Department of Education organised a workshop on learning support materials (LSM) in Warmbaths in the North West Province.
I was part of that workshop. We were working in groups. On the 25th, a certain woman decided to be my waitress. She served drinks and sweets to me. She would ask me LSM-related questions instead of asking the facilitators. She asked me for a pen – although she had one. I did not realise that she was up to something as she was older than me. In the evening, she told me that she had forgotten her supper voucher in her chalet, and she asked me to accompany her to her chalet.
In the chalet, she again served drinks to me. She did not bother to look for the supper voucher. She started touching and kissing me. She even invited me to sleep over. I was very shocked because I didn’t expect something like that from her.
I had to be very clever. I calmed down. I promised her that immediately after the evening session and supper I would be all hers. That is how I saved myself from her. After the last session I had to vanish from the scene.
I learnt a lesson that day – that not only schoolgirls are at risk of being sexually abused, but also us male teachers.
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