methree…it was not really your choice to kiss him was it? what would have happened had you not kissed him? Would he have forced himself on you to get it?
Again….unwarranted advances, battery, his body touched yours without you wanting it……..
I’m glad you said that. My son thought I was joking when I told him to get a consent form signed before he touched a girl or had sex. I told him if he pissed a girl off….which he would some day…it could come back to bite him in the butt. I would become a “he said-she said” situation. If there is a consent for then everything is covered.
I don’t like ANYONE touching me without permission. I don’t hug at the door in church, I am not a hand shaker unless it’s the boss or someone deemed important and it would be misconstrued as rude. My family is different ofcourse but I am also selective there
I have read through some of the posts and felt compelled like other women to create an account to respond/comment. Thank-you for the article and I hope I don’t seem to be getting on a Soap Box in any way…..
ANY unwanted or unwarranted touching is assault. It doesn’t matter whether yours was minimal or “not as bad” as someone elses. You are not alone either!!!!! Too many women (and men as well) have suffered in silence and many will continue to do so. Some out of embarrassment that they allowed themselves to have been put in “that position”, to have allowed anything to happen to them or that they thought that somehow it was their fault. Maybe they should not have let the boy kiss them or hold their hand because somehow that meant they had permission to go further. If they had not drank so much they would have had control. It was still wrong!!!!! How about if I tell I won’t be believed because I’m such a flirt anyway. If my dad finds out he will tighten the reigns on me…….
YES, YES, YES that was me…. #METOO!!!!!!
(But my #metoo started when I was 3-4 yrs old and we aren’t going to go there)
My point is,,,,, this all has to stop somewhere! I started educating my nieces when they were young. I didn’t know I would someday have a son. It sucks feeling like a victim….I am a survivor! I began educating him young as well. They all know what I experienced. I told my son not to EVER take advantage of a girl or disrespect her in any way and I told his girlfriends….every one of them if he EVER disrespected them to come to me and I would take care of him.
Shame on these men who think they are superior. But shame on society for not taking action sooner to educate instead of coddling.
Get these kids off their technology and teach them to take notice of their surroundings. Kids need to look at how you present yourselves and be aware of how people are going to react.
methree…it was not really your choice to kiss him was it? what would have happened had you not kissed him? Would he have forced himself on you to get it?
Again….unwarranted advances, battery, his body touched yours without you wanting it……..
I’m glad you said that. My son thought I was joking when I told him to get a consent form signed before he touched a girl or had sex. I told him if he pissed a girl off….which he would some day…it could come back to bite him in the butt. I would become a “he said-she said” situation. If there is a consent for then everything is covered.
I don’t like ANYONE touching me without permission. I don’t hug at the door in church, I am not a hand shaker unless it’s the boss or someone deemed important and it would be misconstrued as rude. My family is different ofcourse but I am also selective there
I have read through some of the posts and felt compelled like other women to create an account to respond/comment. Thank-you for the article and I hope I don’t seem to be getting on a Soap Box in any way…..
ANY unwanted or unwarranted touching is assault. It doesn’t matter whether yours was minimal or “not as bad” as someone elses. You are not alone either!!!!! Too many women (and men as well) have suffered in silence and many will continue to do so. Some out of embarrassment that they allowed themselves to have been put in “that position”, to have allowed anything to happen to them or that they thought that somehow it was their fault. Maybe they should not have let the boy kiss them or hold their hand because somehow that meant they had permission to go further. If they had not drank so much they would have had control. It was still wrong!!!!! How about if I tell I won’t be believed because I’m such a flirt anyway. If my dad finds out he will tighten the reigns on me…….
YES, YES, YES that was me…. #METOO!!!!!!
(But my #metoo started when I was 3-4 yrs old and we aren’t going to go there)
My point is,,,,, this all has to stop somewhere! I started educating my nieces when they were young. I didn’t know I would someday have a son. It sucks feeling like a victim….I am a survivor! I began educating him young as well. They all know what I experienced. I told my son not to EVER take advantage of a girl or disrespect her in any way and I told his girlfriends….every one of them if he EVER disrespected them to come to me and I would take care of him.
Shame on these men who think they are superior. But shame on society for not taking action sooner to educate instead of coddling.
Get these kids off their technology and teach them to take notice of their surroundings. Kids need to look at how you present yourselves and be aware of how people are going to react.