I just saw excerpts from the DVD in question and I am appalled, horrified and repulsed. And just when I thought it couldn’t get any more repugnant I came to this website to read comments from Werribee students making statements such as “you all need to calm down”, “get over it” and claims that what these boys did to not only the young girl but also
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Get over it?Does anything about this inspire any kind of calm? I'm failing to see how this can be gotten over unless you're ( ... )
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the only thing i have to add is that i am terrified by the fact that teenagers are revealing they understand the concept of consent even less than i realised. i mean "she smiled, so it was ok"???
i wish i could say that these boys are an anomaly- and perhaps they present the worst end of the spectrum- but the fact is that this culture of "boys will be boys" contains the hidden premise that "girls will be exploited".
blee xoxo
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the important things - eg. kindness and compassion, seem to mean very little to kids. Ipods, money, things, cheap laughs are the currency of tomorrow.
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