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By Babette Francis, published 26/2/2016The Safe Schools Coalition program requires ll-year-old children to imagine what it is like to have no genitals.
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Thanks for emphasising the point I made.
As an example, when I was 10 I returned to a school mid-term that I'd attended for a year when I was five.
On my first day back I was very disturbed and confused to see three thugs had surrounded a smaller kid, whom we'll call Tom, because that was his name. Each stepped in in turn and thumped him in the ribs or chest. Tom just stood against the wall and covered his ribs as best he could. He took the punches and didn't cry or show pain.
I had no idea what was going on at the time, but it was bullying, plain and simple. As I realised later, Tom was a brilliant student. He went on to get double first class honours in maths and physics. To make matters worse, his female class teacher also monstered him for the next three years.
Bullying? It's not just gays and a lot of bullied kids then face further punishment from teachers if they relatiate and thump the bully. They just can't win.
As I said, smaller kids and more intelligent kids are the prime targets for bullies.