Hardee's Hot Teacher Ad Angers Educators

A recent commercial advertisement called Hardee's Flat Buns displays a sexy teacher climbing seductively on a desk and dancing provocatively in front of male students.

The commercial is part of the Hardee's summer advertising campaign.

Educators, however, are not amused.

In fact, they're outraged. According to Tennessee Education Association President Dr. Earl Wiman, it's "unbelievably demeaning."

"I am asking that all of our members and the public who care about children and their education to contact their local Hardee's to voice their concerns."

In it's defense, Hardee's says the ad was designed to be funny. Nonetheless, educators believe the commercial disrespects teachers and the teaching profession. As a result of the controversy, the ad was pulled.

Interestingly, while Hardee's was trying to be humorous, a serious subject was addressed. Female teachers are regularly mixing it up with male, and sometimes female, students. Episodes are plentiful with news segments reporting the most sensational teacher-student liaisons. About a week ago, one female teacher in South Carolina was convicted of molesting five boys, ages 14 and 15. And, just today, a female teacher in New York was accused of raping a 15-year-old male student.

Respect for female teachers is waning even while most are treated leniently by the courts. And, despite the fact that Hardee's was trying to be funny in its advertising, it highlighted an embarrassing side of the academic profession.