Your daughter is likely to be sexually harassed or assaulted at some point in her life. It's important that she knows you support her and that it's not her fault. She needs to know how to protect herself, to the extent that it's possible and reasonable--but living life normally has risks, and she's not expected to sequester herself, and you will never judge her if something does happen. It's a delicate line to balance.
Apparently, though, this dude thinks that simply being young and female in public is "provocative" and that they need to be talked to about... how not to be young and female in public? What on earth does Harriette think these girls need to be told about their completely normal behavior?
Also, what a fucking creep. Who the fuck talks about "how guys look at innocent girls like that"? Who thinks that teenaged girls dressed normally are "provocative"? Harriette is missing some HUGE FUCKING WARNING BELLS. Even if this guy poses no physical danger to the girls, he poses an emotional one for having such toxic, gross attitudes towards them. "Friends" with those attitudes can do a lot more harm than a creep on the street.
The response is so weird and clueless that I half wonder if it was written by the creepy friend.
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Your daughter is likely to be sexually harassed or assaulted at some point in her life. It's important that she knows you support her and that it's not her fault. She needs to know how to protect herself, to the extent that it's possible and reasonable--but living life normally has risks, and she's not expected to sequester herself, and you will never judge her if something does happen. It's a delicate line to balance.
Apparently, though, this dude thinks that simply being young and female in public is "provocative" and that they need to be talked to about... how not to be young and female in public? What on earth does Harriette think these girls need to be told about their completely normal behavior?
Also, what a fucking creep. Who the fuck talks about "how guys look at innocent girls like that"? Who thinks that teenaged girls dressed normally are "provocative"? Harriette is missing some HUGE FUCKING WARNING BELLS. Even if this guy poses no physical danger to the girls, he poses an emotional one for having such toxic, gross attitudes towards them. "Friends" with those attitudes can do a lot more harm than a creep on the street.
The response is so weird and clueless that I half wonder if it was written by the creepy friend.