Yes it was harassment. It was a threat of involuntary vaginal assault. Rape threats are not, in most communities, considered hootingly awesomely funny.
In fact, harassing women and girls out of school is illegal. Google "Title IX".
"high school boys acting exactly like high school boys." And as a result, here is some very very basic information written for people who have never considered the reality of high school girls: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/ocrshpam.html
And I am sure you can Google statistics, but given the school size odds are one of the recipients of that oh-so-funny note has been sexually assaulted.
The importance of addressing dating and verbal aggression to prevent violence: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23233161
So, if it had been a funny flyer about lynching instead of sexual assault (which is what we call forced vaginal contact) would you still find it so funny? That you all embrace this as funny is sad. "Gosh, just because it would have made some icky girrrrrls not want to go to school, well boys will be boys!"
"The harassers often thought they were being funny, but the consequences for their targets can be wrenching, according to the survey. Nearly a third of the victims said the harassment made them feel sick to their stomach, affected their study habits or fueled reluctance to go to school at all."
Forced vaginal contact is not considered that amusing by most communities. Educate yourselves. Don't be *that* *guy*.
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No it was not just a funny prank.
Yes it was harassment. It was a threat of involuntary vaginal assault. Rape threats are not, in most communities, considered hootingly awesomely funny.
In fact, harassing women and girls out of school is illegal. Google "Title IX".
"high school boys acting exactly like high school boys."
And as a result, here is some very very basic information written for people who have never considered the reality of high school girls:
http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/ocrshpam.html
And I am sure you can Google statistics, but given the school size odds are one of the recipients of that oh-so-funny note has been sexually assaulted.
The importance of addressing dating and verbal aggression to prevent violence:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23233161
So, if it had been a funny flyer about lynching instead of sexual assault (which is what we call forced vaginal contact) would you still find it so funny? That you all embrace this as funny is sad. "Gosh, just because it would have made some icky girrrrrls not want to go to school, well boys will be boys!"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/07/sexual-harassment-middle-high-school_n_1079117.html
"The harassers often thought they were being funny, but the consequences for their targets can be wrenching, according to the survey. Nearly a third of the victims said the harassment made them feel sick to their stomach, affected their study habits or fueled reluctance to go to school at all."
Forced vaginal contact is not considered that amusing by most communities. Educate yourselves. Don't be *that* *guy*.