There is a 5th grade girl, who is mentioned in this newsbite, who is suing
her school because they have, in her opinion, failed to stop this bully
from harassing her. I think that is amazing! I think that this case
involved more than "teasing" and I hope that the court or courts involved
take this case seriously. I do not know the full details of the case, but
whatever the case, I think school yard/playground harassment is a serious
issue. As Aedrienne said, we need to stop blaming this violent young
male/boy behavior on "boys will be boys" and teach children, boys and girls
alike, how to treat each other with tolerance and respect. I understand
that a certain amount of teasing is normal between boys and girls, but I
think that in some cases the teasing becomes harassment and if the
teachers, parents, students, school staff and/or administration fail to
intervene, some, not all, of these children may grow into adults who have
progressed from teasing to battering, stalking, raping and killing. I guess
I may be going to extremes, but I do believe this is an important issue.
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Some Newsbits....
> Date: Saturday, January 16, 1999 2:32 PM
>
> maybe if we did cut down on this sexual bullying little boys do & stop
calling
> it boys will be boys then they would stop growing up to be rapists, wife
> beaters & other forms of sexual offenses. duh!
>
> Aedrienne
>
>
> In a message dated 1/12/99 4:56:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> >
> >
> >WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court justices questioned Tuesday how to draw
> >the
> >
> >line between schoolyard teasing among students and sexual harassment in
> >
> >debating whether schools can be held responsible for such conduct. "I'm
> >
> >sure schoolchildren nationwide tease each other. Little boys tease
little
> >
> >girls," Justice Sandra Day O'Connor said during arguments on a Georgia
> >case
> >
> >involving crude and allegedly threatening conduct by a fifth-grade boy.
> >"Is
> >
> >every one of these incidents going to lead to a lawsuit?" Justices
Antonin
> >
> >Scalia, Stephen Breyer, Anthony Kennedy and David Souter also expressed
> >
> >doubts about how to make that distinction. The court is expected to
decide
> >
> >by July whether educators violate a federal law when they fail to stop
> >
> >students from sexually harassing other students. See full story
> >
> ><http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2558008781-7e3>
