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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow.  Times change.

If I had ever hit a girl in this sort of situation, no matter who instigated it, my dad would have kicked my ass something awful.  And the worst part would have been the unrelenting grief I would have gotten from my peers!  A boy hitting a girl was something that just doesn't happen.  You walk away, control the situation, move and avoid getting hit, laugh, whatever.  But hit a girl?  No chance.[/quote]

Times do change.[b] I was taught boys shouldn't hit girls[/b], but I was also taught (as a girl) that I shouldn't act like an asshole and take advantage of that. What has changed is the whole "Girl Power" push that allows girls to feel empowered to act like assholes and prove that they are tough with no consequences.

I have seen this with my sons. They've each come home from school with bruises on their shins and scratch marks all over their arms. Girls (4th - 6th grade) mess with them to get their attention and think it's funny that the boys can't do anything about it. The teacher has told me it's how some girls flirt with boys they like. Of course my boys know better than to retaliate. The most they can do is tell them to stop it or to ignore them, which causes the girls to do it even more. [/quote]

I was taught that people shouldn't hit people. And I'm 50 years old, so this isn't exactly a new idea.[/quote]

Of course it's not a new idea. I was taught the same, but that even if a girl did hit a boy, a boy was not to hit back. Same?[/quote]

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