Knowing this man’s predatory nature, my teachers slut-shamed me for my crush instead of reporting him.

In high school I had a huge, obvious crush on one of my teachers. One day, I happened to overhear other teachers gossiping and making mean comments about me (and not for the first - or last - time). A couple of years out of high school, I found out that the teacher I’d had a crush on was known by the faculty to sleep with students and had even gotten a girl pregnant. I was outraged that, knowing this man’s predatory nature, my teachers had slut-shamed me for my crush instead of reporting him.