jamaicanblackcastoroil: dynastylnoire:naamahdarling:proudly-pro-choice:boyforbodilyautonomy:
jamaicanblackcastoroil: dynastylnoire: naamahdarling: proudly-pro-choice: boyforbodilyautonomy: facebooksexism: masked-fox-creations: facebooksexism: sevengod: facebooksexism: wtfsexism: toptumbles: Rejection Um. So I’m probably one of the few folks who doesn’t think this is adorable. At all. I think it’s fucking scary how this little boy keep pushing himself on her after she CLEARLY doesn’t want to be bothered with his ass. And the adult behind the camera doesn’t intervene at all because it’s ‘cute.’ And how analogous it is to when grown ass men don’t take fucking no for an answer, no matter how much we push and shove and say no. This is not cute. This is an absolute disregard of this little girl’s boundaries. In the very bottom left gif you can see he’s smiling/laughing. Like this is some kind of game. I would bet money that the person filming this is laughing and encouraging him. This is how we teach boys not to respect women’s spaces. She sure doesn’t look like she’s fucking laughing. It’s impossible for me to not view it like that too… you people are insane…hes just a baby “He’s just a baby.” “He’s just a kid.” “He’s just 19.” When does it stop? At what age should you try to turn the ship and start teaching boys that they’re not entitled to girls’ space/time/attention/bodies? When should we begin teach basic, age appropriate notions of consent and boundaries? Answer: now. Always. It’s actually not that hard. Much easier than trolling through ancient posts to complain about. You know, it’s only stuff like this where people say “oh he’s just a baby”. If he were drawing on the walls you’d stop him. If he were tearing up your books or important documents you’d tell him no. But the second he’s harassing a little girl you want to make excuses instead of teaching him it’s not acceptable. not to mention you teach kids not to draw on the walls, not to rip up your papers etc because this shit sticks as a kid. you tell your baby that it’s not okay to invade people’s personal space and touch them without their permission, they’ll grow up believing that and you won’t have to make excuses when they’re older. it’s much easier to teach a little kid about personal space then a grown man who’s had excuses made for him his entire life. Can I ask why people acting like we’re telling you to have this kid arrested? We literally just want parents to teach kids to respect people’s spaces. -Allie Telling this kid to cut it out now, while he’s still young enough to understand, is way better than trying to explain to a late teens-early twenties kid why it was wrong for him to catcall and grope that girl (or worse) when he already has the lifetime of experience under his belt that allowed him do that in the first place and has told him he should be allowed to get away with it. So sick of people acting like harassers, rapists, and pervs spring out of nowhere. They learn that very very mild versions of the same behavior are okay, and they learn it at a very young age. No, not all toddlers that pester little girls will grow up to be rapists. But when teaching them respect does them literally no harm whatsoever and makes life better for the little girls around him, why not just fucking do it? Letting kids be kids is great. But letting boys be boys at the expense of girls means those girls don’t ever get to just “be kids”. They have to defend their personal space from a very early age, or learn to let it be eroded because it’s easier to acquiesce than to constantly fight. In short, teach your sweet little babies to be sweet while they are still little and they will grow up to be sweet and considerate adults. It’s not rocket science. It’s raising a good citizen. My nieces have been assaulted by boys in their preschool and day care classes. One kid seemed to be simulating porn. The other kid touched private parts. They are 8. The first assault mentioned happened when they were about 4. We teach kids to look both ways when crossing the street and to not put their hands on a hot stove. Why is this so hard? -- source link