A 7 year old boy who reportedly kicked a bully in the nuts in an act of self defense is being investigated for sexual harassment.
Sexual harassment? I know we haven't heard the other kid's side of the story, but one 7 year old kicking another in the nuts is not sexual harassment. Especially if it's in self defense.
A 7-year-old boy is being investigated by his South Boston elementary school for possible sexual harassment after kicking another boy in the crotch.
The first grader’s mother, Tasha Lynch, says she was shocked by the school’s decision.
“He’s 7 years old. He doesn’t know anything about sexual harassment,” she said.
Lynch’s son, Mark Curran, said the boy that he kicked had been bullying him on the school bus ride home from Tynan Elementary last week.
“He just all of a sudden came up to him, choked him. He wanted to take his gloves, and my son said, ‘I couldn’t breathe, so I kicked him in the testicles,’” said his mother.
Lynch described a phone call she received from the school explaining that the case will be treated like sexual harassment, due to what it considers inappropriate touching.
“‘Your son kicked a little boy in the testicles. We call that sexual harassment,’” Lynch said the school told her.
She said she’s been asked to attend a disciplinary hearing at the school Monday.
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2011/12/...e-sexual-harassment-for-kicking-boy-in-groin/