#stop having male children
today i had lunch with a girl from my floor, and she was telling me this horrific story about when she was in fifth grade, she befriended this boy at a summer camp, and later when he confessed to her while they were swimming that he liked her, and she said she didn’t like him that way, he tried to drown her. it was horrifying to think that a boy as young as 10 yrs old could react so violently; although i can’t remember anything that horrible, it made me reflect on my own young encounters with boys: the ones who used to tease and intimidate me on the playground, throw their fists and pull my hair, grab at me and laugh. it’s scary to truly realize just how early boys/men absorb and act on their misogyny.
