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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holy shit. The stuff in middle school and junior high was nothing. Wait until shes a young lady and attracting male attention from all sides.  Empower her, don't make her a victim. [/quote]

I'm not OP- what in the world do you mean by this?[/quote]

It means my mother told me to stand up for myself. To make clear when an advance was unwanted. She didn't talk to the principal for me and call the police. So when I grew up and faced unwanted male attention in the real world I was able to handle myself. [/quote]

So if a man slaps your butt today at work, how are you going to stand up for yourself? Are you not going to report him? Is that what OP should teach her daughter, that boys will be boys and it's ridiculous to make a big deal out of unwanted touching?[/quote]

If a man slapped my butt at work, I would first and foremost stand up for myself and tell him how inappropriate it was. Then I would report it to HR. Now depending on where I work, there could be social consequences for turning in a fellow employee but as a mature adult I would be able to handle that and anticipate them to some extent.

Your daughter on the other hand could get labeled unfairly, and turning in the group of boys could get her even more unwanted attention- I know that is not fair but it is how woman are treated. That is why folks are asking you to empower you daughter- not for he to take it, not to excuse the behavior. BU woman are harrassed their whole lives, it won't be the first time sadly she has to experience something like this.[/quote]

But isn't the "boys will be boys"/"this is how women are treated" attitude PART of the reason that women have to face harassment?  Isn't accepting that this is not a big deal tacitly accepting the behavior itself?  It's also the very end of the school year- no one would remember the fallout from this next school year except the boy himself.[/quote]

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