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(30,699 posts)Haggard Celine
(16,820 posts)take her out to eat and buy her something nice. You have to be proud of a girl who doesn't take any shit from anybody.
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)Caliman73
(11,690 posts)Look, violence is not the best solution in 99% of cases, but when you feel threatened and other options have been exhausted, the school
"Zero Tolerance" policies can be stupid.
I have told my kids, that if I ever hear about them bullying anyone, I will come down harder than the school ever could, but if they have to defend themselves and have exhausted other options and get suspended, I will take them to Disneyland or something of the sort.
Being trapped in a bathroom, especially by a group of stupid teenage boys would be terrifying. She was right to want to defend herself and if she did and it was all legit, then I would react the same way.
lostnfound
(16,138 posts)magicarpet
(13,935 posts).... boy will be boys,... thems out of control male hormones.
Punish the girls for not being totally submissive.
After all that is God's Plan & God's Design.
It is in the buy-bull.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,535 posts)I see what you did there.
csziggy
(34,119 posts)By Meagan Flynn, April 15, 2019 at 6:30 a.m. EDT
{SNIP}
It all went down at North Pole High School in North Pole, Alaska a small, Christmas-loving city southeast of Fairbanks on the morning of April 4. The snap at issue: a student transitioning from female to male posted a selfie from the boys bathroom.
Some boys at the high school who saw the selfie, however, were angry and decided they would walk into the girls bathroom to take their own Snapchat selfie as a form of protest, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Superintendent Karen Gaborik told The Washington Post.
But they would not get far. The first boy to enter the girls room was met by a girl ― who kneed him in the groin. With that, the protest was over.
And now the girl has been expelled, her family told The Post.
More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/15/boys-stormed-girls-bathroom-protest-girl-got-expelled-kneeing-one-them-crotch-family-says/
The girl who kneed to boy was not the transitioning student. It is not made clear if she felt threatened but I would suspect she was.
IronLionZion
(45,254 posts)hope the others learned from his pain
Warpy
(110,900 posts)Every boy in that "protest" needed to be sus[ended and their parents should have been ordered to take parenting classes.
Her action was entirely appropriate, given the circumstances.
And yes, I'd be just as hard on girls who invaded a boys' bathroom over a trans girl using theirs.
And no, religion is no excuse for bullies.
keithbvadu2
(36,360 posts)If she felt threatened, she got over it.
Caliman73
(11,690 posts)Humans are hard wired for Flight, Fight, or Freeze when they encounter danger. If she felt threatened she most certainly could have had a biological reaction to defend herself aggressively.
When you see prank videos where someone comes out in a scary mask, many people run away, some drop down to the floor (freeze), but you will also see some who slap the "monster" in the face. All three are typical responses. Flight and Fight eliminate the threat by either running away, or neutralizing the threat. Freeze is about overload of the limbic system.
dsc
(52,129 posts)I do understand suspending her, though he should also be suspended, but expulsion should be reserved for either students who repeatedly refuse to follow rules or present a risk of serious injury in one incident with that incident being unprovoked.
SleeplessinSoCal
(8,992 posts)"..School in North Pole, Alaska a small, Christmas-loving city southeast of Fairbanks..."
How can North Pole be southeast of anything?
Behind the Aegis
(53,823 posts)I mean I hope she REALLY sues the fuck out of those assholes, their parents, and the school...hell, sue Alaska too!
Takket
(21,421 posts)DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Just sayyin.
world wide wally
(21,718 posts)So?
zaj
(3,433 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,360 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,535 posts)At the very least, he transitioned from standing to lying down.
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,433 posts)..trangender anyone albeit in military, in use of bathrooms, high school sports [not sure if bill affects lower gradeschool kids ..but it will if hate filled republikkklans can add] anyway --she's useless! And, she wants to be governor? What a fucking leader! She has a national platform so if she if wants to lead, then tell her buddies to shut that bill down.
Honestly, does anyone really think that the republikkklan party..the grand ole party of racists bigots, mysogynists, xenophobics living in CA will vote for her? That hate filled party?
No this isn't just about Catlyn --my rant is about leadership..it's about children, teens being treated with dignity and respect. Republikkklans, libertarians and yes some independents are evil, vile people who wish to harm the lgbtq, nonwhite, nonchristian people living in America.
Paz.
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