https://www.arlnow.com/2016/06/09/arlington-mom-swim-instructors-man-boobs-should-be-covered-around-my-daughter/


A local mom is making waves within the Arlington Dept. of Parks and Recreation’s aquatics program.

The mother, who goes by “Lynn” but didn’t want her last name used, to protect her daughter’s privacy, says a male swim instructor is showing too much skin — specifically, his chest — in the pool. She wants the man to wear a shirt when teaching her daughter (and other children) how to swim.

This morning, after a Parks and Rec staffer told her the department wouldn’t force the instructor to wear anything in the pool other than appropriate swim trunks, Lynn emailed numerous local reporters and news outlets with her complaint.
The biggest problem, she explained, is skin-to-skin contact, which she finds intolerable.

“I sit with my daughter every week watching her… and of course the instructors are touching and holding children the entire time!” she said in an email. (Lynn has had other complaints against the Parks and Rec department, but this is the most recent issue.)

Arlington County Dept. of Parks and Recreation spokeswoman Susan Kalish told ARLnow.com that swim shirts are optional for instructors.

“All of the aquatic instructors that are employed by Arlington County are required to wear proper swim attire,” Kalish said via email. “For men, they must wear swim trunks. We provide instructors with a rash-guard shirt (worn in water), which is optional. The Department of Parks and Recreation received a complaint regarding staff attire from a customer on Wednesday, June 8. Staff responded promptly and offered to cancel the class enrollment and provide a full refund.”

The full exchange between Lynn, Parks and Rec staffers and the media, starting with Lynn’s email to the department, is below.

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Hello Crystal:

I took my daughter to this class yesterday. Unfortunately the male instructor’s breasts were flopping on the water and we felt extremely uncomfortable with her getting into the water skin-to-skin and in such close proximity to his intimate space. When I mentioned this to the Parks & Rec representative she told me that other parents had also complained; that he was asked to put a shirt on but refused.
To be in such close and intimate proximity to this man’s bare chest, breasts and public [chest] hair is unfathomable and I can not believe it is tolerated.
I’d like to switch my daughter’s class to an instructor who is more appropriate and does not make us feel uncomfortable.

The following email was sent Wednesday, by a Parks and Rec staffer.

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Crystal forwarded your email to me, as she works in the Registration office.

To address your concern, all of the instructors teaching for DPR wear swim suits that are appropriate for swimming pools, active movement, both in and out of the swimming pool and for teaching swimming lessons. Swim shirts are provided to instructors to wear, typically for warmth but are not required. I am sorry that you feel uncomfortable, however, [the instructor] handles himself in a very professional manner in water with students. Your daughter is enrolled in a Fin 3 class, where typically, most of the swimming skills are taught through verbal directions and demonstration and are practiced independently, with some correction from the instructor. But some skills do require the instructor to have contact with the students.
I do not have another class to switch your daughter into for the session that you are currently enrolled. If you do not wish to continue, I can cancel her enrollment in the class.
Please let me know how you would like to proceed.
Warm Regards,
Trina Wood
Aquatics Coordinator

Lynn sent the following email to various local media outlets and reporters Wednesday evening, shortly after receiving the above email.

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Hello Arlington County Newspapers, Radio and Media Corp:

Do you know how badly the Arlington County Parks & Recreation System sucks? Get back in touch with me and I’ll gladly share my experiences from over the years. It’s mostly due to responses like the one I received — it’s like everyone in the parks & rec system have undergone the exact same training: “How to be a Jerk”.
Today’s response is not the first of its nature. Again, I would be glad to share my experiences with you, you will be shocked. Please get back in touch with me.
Se habla espanol.
Thanks.

Based on the letters, do you think Lynn has a legitimate complaint? Or is this perhaps an example of inappropriate body shaming? (Via sources, we understand that the instructor has a pretty normal male physique.) Let us know in the comments.




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A complaint made by an Arlington, Virginia, mom about the physique of her daughter’s swim instructor has stirred up a heated response online.

According to ARLnow, the woman — who wanted to be referred to only as “Lynn” — penned a letter to the Arlington Department of Parks and Recreation complaining about a “male instructor’s breasts.”

“We felt extremely uncomfortable with her getting into the water skin-to-skin and in such close proximity to his intimate space,” the mother wrote, in a letter sent to various news outlets. “Lynn” wrote that she wants her daughter switched to a different instructor who is “more appropriate.”

The story, first reported by ARLnow on Thursday, sparked an immediate response on WTOP.com and on social media. Comments ranged from mocking and incredulous to shock and anger.


Just five hours after it was posted, the story had been shared and commented upon hundreds of times.

“Thanks for teaching your daughter the fine art of body shaming!” Jean Burlingame-Pulley wrote on WTOP’s Facebook page. “I do not think his man boobs has any to do with the life saving swimming instructions she would be receiving.”

Dozens of others also referenced body-shaming in their comments, including Jennifer Stuntz who wondered, “So if he was ripped, fit and there were no ‘man boobs’ would the no shirt still be an issue?”

“Would she be writing this letter about an instructor with a 6-pack? What if the instructor were, say, a large-chested female?” a WTOP commenter voiced similarly.

“I think the Arlington Parks and rec Dept should ban this woman from entering and of their public facilities. What if it was a guy body shaming a woman? He would be banned, maybe even arrested for harassment. Am I right?” a different WTOP.com user wrote.

Other common themes among the responses have been support for the swim instructor, and sympathy for the child involved.

“Feel sorry for the child, as she is the true victim here. Not only will she potentially miss out on her swimming lessons, which are important as a life skill, but she also has that woman as her mother,” Steve Cooperstein posted on the WTOP Facebook thread.

“I think this male swim instructor is a victim of body shaming here. And the park’s management responded professionally,” Soo Wilson posted.

ARLnow reports the Arlington Department of Parks and Recreation responded in an email to “Lynn” earlier this week.

“To address your concern, all of the instructors teaching for DPR wear swim suits that are appropriate for swimming pools, active movement, both in and out of the swimming pool and for teaching swimming lessons. … I am sorry that you feel uncomfortable, however, [the instructor] handles himself in a very professional manner in water with students,” the letter reads, in part.

What’s your reaction to “Lynn’s” letter or the Department of Parks and Recreation’s response? Continue the conversation in the comments below, or on WTOP’s Facebook page.




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What a miserable fucking cunt. Sounds like she needs me to stop by her house and give her a good dicking.

Any reports on what Jeffy and the DCUM crew think about this important topic?

Is it possible the swim instructor in transitioning MtF? Think we need some safe spaces for all involved.

Maybe we can get Trigglypuff on the case too?

I'm feeling triggered.

Giant liberal snowflake cunt.

Probably a muslum mom/family.

Sounds like mama can't control what's stirring in the southern regions. Since she can't control herself, do the logical thing and try to control others. The Arlington way is alive, well, and further expanding to even greater heights of absurdity.

Picture or it didn't happen. Must see man boobs before commenting. AND how old is the daughter?!

I run into cunts like this on the PTA. They think the world orbits around them. They do have some power in that with so much time on their hands they can make other's lives miserable till they get their way.

Im just grateful that most people in and around my life are not at all like this.

Yea. Ok. I side with mom. Definitely, mom.

The poor cuckholded husband, she's obviously the boss in that house.

What we have here is a woman that is sexually stimulated by the instructor, and does not know how to deal with it like a normal well adjusted adult.

What I find strange is the pool administrator's response that they supply shirts to be worn in the pool "for warmth".

Mike O'Meara Show Fan Wrote:
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> What I find strange is the pool administrator's
> response that they supply shirts to be worn in the
> pool "for warmth".


Water leeches warmth from the body, especially after a few hours.

And a shirt worn in the pool prevents that how, faggot?

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> And a shirt worn in the pool prevents that how,
> faggot?


same way it stops rashes, BooBoo.

That's your answer? "Shirts prevent rashes"?

We should find her house and have a giant male only topless watergun fight. >:)

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> We should find her house and have a giant male
> only topless watergun fight. >:)


Good idea. Recruit the regulars from the Olive Garden happy hour - there will be some male DDD's there for sure.

“I sit with my daughter every week watching her… and of course the instructors are touching and holding children the entire time!”

in other words it's making her undies wet and she doesn't want to admit it