I've seen abusive behavior of young males being brushed off as immaturity. We need to stop using that word when we describe the harmful actions of young males. It's become the new iteration of "boys will be boys". It doesn't take any more maturity than a kindergartener to know not to do these harmful actions yet I've seen even grown men being excused for their "immaturity". Locker room talk is misogyny. Telling intimate details about your partner and or sharing explicit photos without her permission is abusive. Cheating is obviosly abusive. Slutshaming and name-calling your partner is abusive. Sex without consent or sex by coercion is abusive. Groping is abusive. You learn by kindergarten to keep your hands to yourself, treat others like you would like to be treated, and if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say anything at all. So why are we, as a society, holding males at even older ages to less standards of maturity than we do to literal children? At what point will we as a society hold males responsible for harmful behavior and stop softening their abusive actions under the label of "immature"?
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I am way harsher on my male students esp if they act out towards female classmates. Someone needs to do it.