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Originally posted by James
You deserved it for teasing him lol.
Actually I think one of the reasons that women are appear more scoailly viscious than men is that the threat of having your asses beat wasn't very common.
For boys there is a very real possibility of a fist fight, and physical threat comes into play with gossip and back stabbing.
For girls, well .. no one hits you, so you feel safe being really mean to each other as long as other girls are backing you up socially.
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But the thing is, we weren't being mean. We weren't like saying he was fat or ugly or stupid. We were saying he liked Susie so-and-so...and it's not like she was fat or ugly or stupid - she was cute! And it was true - he did like her! It was on the same level of teasing you would do with your co-workers. He was just embarassed...and took it out the wrong way. Again, with his father's encouragement. A parent should NEVER encourage their child to solve a problem with violence. And I'm sorry, but there is NEVER justification for hitting a girl (unless of course she's gone out of her mind and needs to be slapped to bring her back to reality).