U.S. News - Sexual harassment? Boy, 7, accused after groin punch
A 7-year-old boy has been accused of sexual harassment after punching a fellow first-grader in the groin, but the boy's mother says he was acting in self-defense.
Tasha Lynch told The Boston Globe that her son, Mark Curran, was being choked during the Nov. 22 incident on a school bus, and has been afraid to go back to school in South Boston ever since.
“I think my kid was right to fight back [after he was choked],’’ she said. “He wasn’t doing anything except protecting himself.’’
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Not sure it's a good idea to tell kids that punching people in the groin is sexual behavior. I intend to tell my son that sex is a loving act that feels good, and that for some people that may involve being punched in various places, perhaps groin included, but that it should only be done consensually, that when it's done non-consensually it's abuse no matter where you hit them (unless it's done absolutely in self-defense). If this child committed a crime, it should be simple assault (or battery, whichever of those refers to laying hands on another in a violent way) in my opinion. To call this a sexual act is completely unreasonable and irresponsible.
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