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Article: Don't just ask, tell boy to stop
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 17, 1994
CopyrightCopyright 1994 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Dear Beth:
I am in the sixth grade. This guy here keeps trying to snap my
bra, and yesterday he touched me on the butt. I ask him to please
cut it out, but he says, "Don't be a dork." Am I? Isn't he wrong?
UNSURE
He's wrong and you're right. Perhaps he'll stop if you're more
vehement. Instead of just asking him to cut it out, tell him loudly
and firmly, "Stop that!" If possible, do it so other kids hear you.
Perhaps the boy mistakenly thinks you're flattered by his
attention. He's wrong, and doesn't realize this is sexual
harassment. If he doesn't stop when you tell him, ask a teacher what
your school's policy is about sexual harassment, and how to report
it. Sexual harassment is ...