College Professor Fired for Making 11 Female Students Remove Shirts for ‘Medical Demonstration’

A college professor in Maryland who was accused of ordering 11 female students to take off their shirts and stand before his class has been fired for sexual harassment.

The professor at Montgomery College's Takoma/Silver Spring campus called it a “medical demonstration.”

The report from the Daily Mail alleges that the professor, whose name was not revealed, also commented on the women’s breasts while they stood in front of the class in sports bras.

The students reported the incident to the school, which placed the professor on paid administrative leave while a Title IX investigation was conducted. The federal civil rights law Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination in any education program that receives federal money.

The professor was fired less than three months later.

Th Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) reviewed the case and issued a summary saying the professor “required” the women to “remove their shirts and wear only sports bras.”

The OCR sent a letter to Montgomery College President Dr. Jermaine F. Williams that reported: “After removing their shirts, [students] put on their lab jackets for modesty purposes, but the Professor demanded that they remove their jackets.”

The Professor also "commented on students' nipples and breast positioning and asked the students to separate their breasts so they could conduct the assessment,” the letter stated.

The OCR didn’t state what the “medical demonstration” was, nor was the subject of the class revealed.

“The Complainant asserts that after the incident was reported to College staff, the College failed to interview the Student, provide her with information about her rights and options pursuant to Title IX, and provide the Student with notice of the outcome of its investigation,' the letter read.  

Catherine E. Lhamon, the assistant secretary for civil rights at the Department of Education, called the incident “galling and categorically unacceptable.” 

The "shameful underlying facts in this investigation — of a college professor subjecting his entire class to sexual harassment as a condition of instruction — are galling and categorically unacceptable under Title IX,” Lhamon said.

Montgomery College's Takoma/Silver Spring campus is a public community college located in Rockville, Md.