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In reply to the discussion: When a little boy is accused of sexual harrassment [View all]seabeyond
(110,159 posts)176. this is school and school record and documentation. not law. we dont know. maybe they put
misconduct and then explanation. that would work also. i do not really care. but... i think it cannot be lumped in with rough housing.
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I think that those men who wish to retreat from society should just go ahead and do so.
Sheldon Cooper
Dec 2013
#18
Then the next time a 14 year old is charged with murder and tried as an adult, please don't ...
11 Bravo
Dec 2013
#67
the kid does not have a jacket, no charges made, mom should not get ass kicked...
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#69
Thanks. I had read that the kid did have a jacket, and I'm glad to hear that he does not.
11 Bravo
Dec 2013
#72
i hear ya. i am really that angry about it, too. we talk about child abuse and we see it in violent
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#74
Who the hell said that boy should be CHARGED with anything? Where did you get it from?
idwiyo
Dec 2013
#77
Because his mother has gone on record as telling the child that "boys will be boys", even after ...
11 Bravo
Dec 2013
#172
Forcefull kissing & restricting a girl from playing with others is a sexual harassment.
idwiyo
Dec 2013
#183
Harassment & bullying at least to me is very different from what is going on in this case.
idwiyo
Dec 2013
#204
no one gave him sexual harassment when explaining for him to stop. he had age appropriate
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#219
there were two boys. the teacher talked to the two boys and parents. one stopped. the other didnt
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#58
+1 I did exactly that. Kick in the groin and huge black eye, after that little shit grabbed me
idwiyo
Dec 2013
#79
he was not penalized as in adult word. it was addressed age appropriate. i guess we are done here.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#197
You are obviously enjoying making things up about this news item that aren't true.
Starry Messenger
Dec 2013
#200
i have two teenage boys that seem to be able to handle all this stuff very well. and every single
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#127
If empathy for the girl must include an eradication of the concept of the boy's innocence of sexual
sibelian
Dec 2013
#8
"sexually knowledgeable at worst" - that is nothing more than a foul projection, he is SIX.
sibelian
Dec 2013
#76
So the fact that child victims of sexual assault often play out what happens to them with others
KitSileya
Dec 2013
#81
"This is because abused children know things that ordinary children do not" needed point made to
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#83
wow, put your hair out already and wake up. some six year olds- unfortunately- know more
bettyellen
Dec 2013
#121
It seems to me that the mother of the boy has been using the "sexual" component. That's
CTyankee
Dec 2013
#15
I have seen authorities go crazy over supposed sexual behavior between little kids
Jackpine Radical
Dec 2013
#22
Yes, the expert could & probably would refer to the file in testimony.
Jackpine Radical
Dec 2013
#142
i guess what i am curious about, and only for reasonableness focus, not to argue....
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#161
Where something like this might have weight is in the context of risk assessment.
Jackpine Radical
Dec 2013
#164
I'm really talking about recidivism risk assessment, which can play a role
Jackpine Radical
Dec 2013
#165
personally i would have written the shit out instead of looking for a "word" to encompass it all.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#174
this is school and school record and documentation. not law. we dont know. maybe they put
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#176
yes. people have issue with siimple language and actual definitions. so many wrap up the emotion
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#181
I just happened to be cleaning out some old criminal files this afternoon.
Jackpine Radical
Dec 2013
#138
The school records had been used in assessing the individuals' level of "dangerousness"
Jackpine Radical
Dec 2013
#144
I'm just reporting the reality, not necessarily editorializing about it.
Jackpine Radical
Dec 2013
#150
Spoken like one who lacks the first fucking clue about how easily obtainable certain supposedly ...
11 Bravo
Dec 2013
#82
When a little boy was REPEATEDLY told to stop but kept harassing little girl, she must be protected.
idwiyo
Dec 2013
#20
since i am sure i am a "suspect" please share where any of my post is unreasonable or irrational or
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#71
ok. yesterday i had a number of men say i am a man hater. offensive? i am thinking. i was also
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#90
but.... i did not assume. and to assume i would not take into acct (hence my respectful and
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#94
and they think the threat of this, will somehow make women more compliant and forgiving, LOL.
bettyellen
Dec 2013
#123
and then you have the enablers that are going to make sure this little boy does not learn what he
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#33
When I was in 4th grade, I had a teacher that accused me of it for passing a note.
politichew
Dec 2013
#35
oh, and the word "sexual harassment" wasnt involved either, until the mom gave it to the boy. look
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#50
no adult gave sexual harassment to the child to figure out, but the mom. the school did not give
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#52
You might want to actually read something about this. Because what you describe bears no resemblance
Squinch
Dec 2013
#54
The boys behavior is unacceptable and must be stopped. The only people with "risks" are future...
Taitertots
Dec 2013
#47
I don't believe I or my friends ever hassled girls when I was in school. It would have been a...
BlueJazz
Dec 2013
#49
You seem to not know that the boy in the original story was forcefully kissing the girl.
Dash87
Dec 2013
#80
no. it is not a thread of snark. most all are actually discussing the issue. hence, my post to
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#87
as far as i see, it is a child development/parental issue. not gender wars. nt
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#91
The administrators are shockingly permissive when it comes to the MRA types on DU.
demmiblue
Dec 2013
#126
interesting. that is another perspective with this, i had not seen. thanks. nt
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#134
repeatedly kissing someone who doesn't want it is neither affection nor empathy
fishwax
Dec 2013
#96
should girls and women opt out also due to the high risk of rape, physical abuse, murder by mate?
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#98
yes the fact that he couldn't get away with serial non-sexual harassment means
geek tragedy
Dec 2013
#99
Not too much of a surprise, since there were absolutely no links to the story from the OP.
phylny
Dec 2013
#206
and yet guys who don't share your view have no problems with getting into relationships with women
JI7
Dec 2013
#120
affection? EMPATHY? you didn't actually read about what actually happened, I hope.
bettyellen
Dec 2013
#125
and then we hear our boys do not need to be educated about the rape culture cause they totally
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#129
it s not hell or scary to meet people of the opposite sex, LOL. there are some who are
bettyellen
Dec 2013
#130
so, he is not having sex. he is a man. and he is telling women our sexuality and we have NO
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#203
From what I've just read about it, it's more like simple indifference towards women.
Flatulo
Dec 2013
#215
Excellent comments. I'm pretty familiar with Japanese culture, having done business
Flatulo
Dec 2013
#218
of course you dont as most dont now that we got away from a society that demands we do. sex is sex.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#198
i cannot tell you how many men on du has demanded that i be emotional with sex and see as sacred.
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#199
The dude wasn't just being affectionate. He was stalking her, cornering her, and kissing her.
Ian David
Dec 2013
#156
i had forgotten all about Pepé Le Pew. back in the day when it really was presented as a norm,
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#158
i would think what the girl experienced, that comment would apply more the reverse. that the
seabeyond
Dec 2013
#162
If you can't interact with half of humanity, the problem isn't half of humanity.
LeftyMom
Dec 2013
#205