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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. For the most part, my boys have come to understand that they need to stay away (though often the girls are chasing them, like I said it's often a ploy for their attention), and they sometimes tell the teacher. There is the aspect of not wanting to appear like a wimp, so there is reluctance to do that.

I'm more interested in hearing why girls think it's okay to do this.

Based on many responses so far, it's sadly become clear that[b] they learn from their parents that it's okay, and impressed upon the girls that the MOST important thing is making sure the boys know their place and put up with it. [/b]
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Point me to one person on this board who said that.  One.  Oh, you can't?  [b]Then fuck off. [/b] People are pointing out that (1) hitting girls can get boys, who are often bigger and stronger, in a lot of trouble, and (2) hitting is wrong even if you are hit first.  Are these boys really in so much danger from these girls that they need to resort to violence to fend them off, or can they just walk away?  If the latter, then that's what they should do.

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Nice language, lol.  I'm talking about the comments like:  "They're right. They shouldn't hit girls. Deal with it."  "This is not an issue." Several people early on commented and ignored the issue of the girls hitting the boys, but went straight to what the boys had better not do about it. I had already addressed that my boys hitting back was not the issue, but they wanted to focus on that rather than the problem. 
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OP's post was about what her boys should do. Not about what she can do to address the girls' hitting.[/quote]

OP here. No, actually I wasn't asking what my boys should do. They know what to do. I was asking why this is so prevalent. Has it always been? Do others see it, too? And why it seems to be acceptable where if it were turned around, the boys would be dealt with severely. Teachers do seem to turn a blind eye to this with girls. And they can't always "walk away" because it happens under the desks in the classroom, for example. [/quote]

I could speculate that parents of boys teach their sons not to hit, knowing that they will grow up to be men, who should not hit. Maybe parents simply don't put as much effort into teaching girls not to hit, ever.

But I don't know, since I haven't seen this problem of girls hurting boys.[/quote]

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