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.
“He’s just a baby.” Yes. No one is passing a moral judgment on what this child is doing- just on the fact that the adults are encouraging it rather than properly intervening and teaching this kid about boundaries and personal space.
We’re not saying this child is sexually assaulting this girl- we’re saying that this is rape culture, that this is why “good boys” grow up to be rapists- because no one taught them to respect women’s boundaries.
soulsistrin 