Should my gym teacher get in trouble for these comments she made about male students

I have this gym teacher in high school summer classes teaching my gym class who is young, (younger than 30 I think) and she teaches physical education and English. She is a pretty cool teacher and nice. We will be about to do the swimming unit. When she was describing what stuff you need to bring she mentioned to the boys in the class that female students must like the swimming unit the most because all the female students can see all the boys without their shirts off and see how you all really look and how fit you really are. the comment doesn't bother me in the slightest , but if some kid who was around me decides to go cry about it, will she get in trouble? I talked to a friend of mine about it (who wasn't there) and he says it is wrong and she should get in trouble but I don't see why, I talked to another person and they said this was out of line and should be reported

If she was actually doing anything then I would agree. I am not going to say anything, she is a really good and nice teacher and I will not get her in trouble. Would you feel uncomfortable by this comment? Some people might say it is an encouraging comment. In fact most people laughed at the comment.
even if she does get in trouble, should she really

Hello 2950, welcome to Psych Central.

I'm presuming you are all teenagers and I think she probably said that comment in an informal way and was trying to make you all feel comfortable with her. If you were all much younger it would be totally inappropriate. If anyone is upset about it then yes they should talk to another teacher about it, she might need a little word in her ear to let her know what is appropriate and what is not.

If I were a co-teacher with her, I'd tell her privately there are better ways to encourage fitness in students and to knock off comments that came across as sexual in any way.

Ah, yes, the wonderful world of fitness ... I hope she's not one of "those" kinds of fitness nuts who likes to make fun of all the unfit kids! ... And, yes, someone needs to pull her aside and let her know that her comments pertaining to student's bodies, sexual or otherwise, is totally inappropriate.

It is inappropriate, but not so much because it's sexual as it's the kind of comment that increases self-consciousness and body embarrassment in the shy and emboldens those, both male and female, who like to tease or bully.

It's the kind of rookie mistake young teachers make because, amazingly, they may still be feeling and thinking like a kid themselves. If someone does report it, it will actually be good if an older teacher or the school principal has a private word to warn her to cut it out. If she continued after being warned, then, yes, she'd probably be in trouble. It's not at all uncommon for young people just starting their grown-up careers to make these mistakes and to require some guidance from more experienced professionals.

Please don't spend too much time worrying about it. If she gets in trouble, it's likely to be just a little trouble, and it may set her straight so she can have a long and happy teaching career. We all make mistakes when we're starting out and her mistake was forgetting to set the right example.

I don't think it's sexually inappropriate, but more body-shaming inappropriate. I would imagine that for people who are uncomfortable with their body that comment could be really distressing for them.

In what way