My daughter was reminding me that she will be out of touch for a while.  She has to go to a Tailhook convention.  She asked me if I remembered the scandal.  Of course I did!  It was awful.  She is in the Navy and HAS had advances made at her.  After all she is beautiful.  However, she is also strong and independent and smart.  She knows how to put them in their place without offense and with a certain force of personality.  Hence, she doesn't have anymore problems.

I always told my girls that it wasn't sexual harassment until you told them to stop and they don't.  Then, you can go and file a complaint.  I always feel it is best to give them a chance to stop first.  Some people just get off on smutty jokes or actions.  If you tell them to stop because it is offensive, most people do.  You have to set guidelines of where you want the cut off to be.  My girls are very good at it.  They know what they will allow and what they won't.

I'm like that too.  There are some people I enjoy a good dirty joke with and others I would be totally offended with if they made any off-color comment.  I think it is they way these people act and how they are preceived.  Some people just know how to make everything "dirty"  Others are able to make a dirty joke funny.  Personality is an important part in that.

However, now little kids are getting into the harassment arena.  They make comments about the opposite sex, pat body parts, and tell each other dirty jokes and it is totally WRONG!  Kids should never have to put up with that kid of crap.  Many of my little students already watch "R" rated movies.  It is common everyday stuff to them.  They see the actions of home and Hollywood and they are emulating them at school.  Do they really know the difference?  I am not sure.  If they see this stuff every day at home and on TV, how can they make the decision that it is wrong to act this way at school?

Are parent really aware of the damage that they are inflicting on their children when they allow them to see the sex and violence?  It should not be common to these little children.  It should not ever be seen by them.  What makes parents think they should be allowed to watch people do these things to each other.  I realize they have the power over their children to decide these issues but Good Heavens don't they have any common sense?  I was at an R movie with my sister a few weeks ago and in walked a family with 5 LITTLE kids to watch the movie.  I couldn't believe it.

Somehow I think these parents are also the ones who don't sit down and talk to their children about the fact that this is just a movie and it should not be protrayed as real life.  I just can't see that happening in those families.  If they are letting their little kids watch and emulate these movies, I doubt they are talking about values afterwards.