Viral Video Shows Reactions Of Boys When Asked To Hit A Girl

[FrodosPet]

[femmocrat]

1. That is very sweet.

Thanks.

[KittyWampus]

2. Honestly sweet kids.

[polly7]

3. Adorable boys, love this. nt.

[ohheckyeah]

4. Precious! n/t

[Bagsgroove]

5. Best answer - the boy who said, "Because I'm against violence"

I'm glad not all of them gave "because she's a girl" as their explanation for refusing to slap her. That is to say, I hope they would have refused to slap anybody simply because they were told to.

[Zorra]

12. "I don't want to hurt her" was a another good one. nt

[unblock]

6. ok, i get that this is not only cute but also anti-violence against women, so that's good, but

personally, i would have:

(a) asked for permission from her before touching her (permission from the cameraman isn't good enough, no matter how nice a caress might be) and
(b) would not have mentioned gender at all in my refusal to commit a violent act. violence is wrong, period. in the long run i don't think the best approach to reducing violence against women is by perpetuating sexist gender roles. in doing so, it suggests and reinforces that violence is ok in other circumstances, and if people learn that, eventually it will come to haunt women.

[caraher]

7. I'm also ambivalent about this

The girl is pretty much a mere prop in this piece, which is disturbing - only the boys are depicted as having any agency.

I do hope the anti-violence message resonates with its intended audience, but it's problematic on other important levels.

[AZ Progressive]

13. Remember that this was from a foreign country, American culture emphasizes personal space a lot more

America itself is very individualist and privacy oriented compared to other countries.

[marions ghost]

14. I think this is in Italy

--yeah it would be interesting to see the same thing in America. I don't think the boys would cooperate at all and the girl would not be so benign and trusting.

[WillowTree]

8. OMG!!

Those boys are so gorgeous they hurt my eyes!

And so wonderfully well brought up, that they warm my heart!!

Thank you so much for sharing this. I've been having kind of a rough week, and this gave me a much-needed smile.,

[elias49]

9. I think it would be instructive to see this done in the US. nt

[pangaia]

10. And the best reason?

"Because I am a man. "

[flamin lib]

11. When we get the same reaction with another

boy we will be making progress.

[BeanMusical]

15. ... Because it's bad.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. cute