Totally not discussing the election today. Because really... no.
There's a video a lot of people are posting where a boy toddler is
repeatedly and aggressively pressing himself against a girl toddler
despite her continued efforts to push him away. People are absolutely
cooing over it, remarking at how adorable it is and "awe he's in love,"
and "oh look that little girl is so assertive and cute."
I gotta say, it's not friggin cute. It's
an absolute disregard of this little girl’s boundaries. Then there's the adult
behind the camera, giggling and doing nothing... how disgusting. And how analogous it is to when grown men don’t take no
for an answer, no matter how much a woman pushes and shoves and says no.
You
might say, but they're just babies. They don't know any better. "Boys
will be boys." Oh yeah? And at what age, exactly, does this kind of
invasive behavior become "not okay," because I've heard people use the
same excuse for college-aged men who sexually harass women. And what
better time to teach someone that pushing himself (or herself) upon a
person who clearly doesn't want to be touched is not fucking okay?
Instead, we film it and redistribute it all over the internet, cooing
and laughing. Gross.
This is how we teach boys not to respect women’s spaces.
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