What's the appropriate response?

dollraves wrote:

Marjorie Suddard wrote: I dunno what horrifies me more, that someone here suggested leaving your wife at home "because women are more likely to become emotional" or that this remark passed without comment.

If I responded to every post where a guy said something this blatantly and foolishly sexist, I'd be The Ultimate Uberdork. :D

You broads need to quit getting so worked up.

Zomby woof wrote:

MG_Bryan wrote: I don't see how age justifies sexually assaulting someone. I don't see how it can be called minor.

Because at 7, they don't know it's sexual assault. They just know it's wrong. Just like what Hitemp did. Was he sexually assaulting that girl in his mind? It would certainly be considered a sexual assault. I didn't say it was OK, I merely suggested that it was not cause to overreact. I don't know how you could read into it otherwise.

I realize you didn't say it was okay. I didn't even say that you suggested that, but you did, in fact, say it was minor. This is not a minor behavior at 7 years old. It's expected that a child knows not to touch other children aggressively or against their will by the age of 4. The fact is that there a lot of statistics that show that this an extremely worrisome behavior.

You may be correct in that the child shouldn't be removed from school. That's a judgement call that is somewhat subjective. There are issues at hand in this situation and until this boy has been brought up to speed on what is or is not okay he shouldn't be around others. He may need much more than an explanation of appropriate interaction, though.

DILYSI Dave wrote: You broads need to quit getting so worked up.

My older co-worker (over 40) always corrects me when I call chicks... chicks. Apparently the appropriate term is broads. For myself personally, its either chicks or girls, 'cause I've met few that I'd ever refer to as "ladies".

Sexist pig checking in here ,and I'm having a hard time organizing my thoughts. So i'll just say get what you are paying for.

RealMiniDriver wrote:

Zomby woof wrote: </cite...minor incidents...

Touching a girl's private parts is FAR from minor.

QFT. It's NOT minor. I dealt with the adult aftermath of this. I'm breaking that chain. Nobody will EVER get a chance to do that to MY kid.

What I find disturbing is advise to advise daughter to retatliate with violence. That is the stupidest advice ever the safest way to deal with a bully is outright physical avoidance. I hit a bully back when I was in the eigth grade I ended up being beaten so badly by a group of kids that I was hospitalized while the Bob Costas way out may be to run away it is actually the safest course of action. As for the incident being discussed it is a serious matter and should be dealt with by authority figures at school.