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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread makes me mad. When things like this start happening is when it's time to start having the conversation with these young and still malleable kids that this sort of behavior is not acceptable. It's not how we want our world to work. It leads easily to other sorts of inappropriate behavior. Of course this happened when we were all young, and look at the gender issues we are having as adults. This generation needs to change how they think about each other.

I hope you had a talk with the teacher and the guidance counselor and that the school is addressing this as a teaching opportunity and that families at home will as well. Whether it's girls or boys generating this sort of discussion, it needs to be addressed as NOT the way humans should be interacting with each other. Right from the start. [/quote]

PP, I mean, I still deal with this at work as a 41 year old women. I've been at bars with male colleagues ranking women in our office. It's bullshit. Maybe if someone had taught them in 4th grade that it wasn't acceptable I wouldn't still be dealing with this as an adult.

And I am a "boymom" of 2 elementary school age boys. THey will know consistently that I expect them to treat women as equals, not as things to be ranked. I hope it makes an impact. [/quote]

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