Missouri school board member censured for ‘you’re just a woman’ comment

PERRYVILLE, Mo. – A southeast Missouri school board has censured a member for sexist and crude comments allegedly made to a female member of the board.

The Perry County School Board in Perryville voted 4-3 in a special meeting Tuesday to censure Mark Gremaud. He was accused of telling member Kathy Carron during a recent closed meeting, “Kathy, you are just a woman,” then making crude comments to her.

The Southeast Missourian reports that Gremaud denies making that exact comment, and denies addressing Carron by name.

Carron called it a “blatant attack” against women in general. She says that is especially concerning given the number of women employed by the school district.

This story was originally published August 19, 2015 at 9:54 AM with the headline "Missouri school board member censured for ‘you’re just a woman’ comment."