25 February 2015

I heard a story about a young girl who was being annoyed by a boy in her class who kept snapping her bra. She asked him to stop many times, then went to the (male) teacher, who told her to just ignore him. When he continued to the point where it undid her bra, she “popped” him, which gave him a bloody nose. What’s wrong and what’s right in this story? If you said she shouldn’t have hit him, I’ve failed you. What’s wrong with this story is that the boy’s parents hadn’t taught him about personal boundaries and being respectful of others. What’s wrong with this story is the teacher who didn’t stop the boy, and both disrespected and dismissed the girl. What’s wrong with this story is that the Headmaster of the school wanted to punish the girl for hitting the boy, but not punish the boy for the behavior that required her to hit him to make him stop. Just to be clear, I’m not advocating hitting. But I am encouraging self-respect and self-protection. We all need to be both respectful of others and ourselves. Here's the link to the story: http://www.hrtwarming.com/this-girl-did-this-after-the-boy-at-school-twanged-her-bra-what-followed-is-gold/#

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