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In reply to the discussion: Last night I sat my teenage sons down and showed them a picture of this: [View all]Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)my heart just broke for that young girl. She could've been my daughter. Or it could've been me, since I certainly got drunk & went to parties when I was young (which I had no business doing, but kids do things they shouldn't). Would my older brother have participated in such a thing? He was pretty wild, but had a lot of sisters, and got along with us. I can't imagine him doing that. I hope not.
OTOH, I understand why a guy wouldn't confront his friends TOO strongly. But there are things the other guys who did seem concerned about the girl could've done.
He could've left & called law enforcement anonymously. He could've handled it humorously.....picked up the girl & left with her, saying "she's mine!" and laughing it off. A certain kind of guy could get away with that. I knew guys who could've pulled that off. Or if he was powerful enough in the click, he could've just said "this is over, guys," the others would've followed. But it seems that the guy on the video was the leader of the pack.