[TW: bullying, sexual harassment] A breast reduction is the new solution to bullying!
11:37 pm - 01/22/2013Not all school bullies are students — some work there.
Tammie Jackson phoned a Missouri school district to say that her daughter Gabrielle, 13, was routinely harassed because of her large breasts. But the alleged response from an employee horrified the already worried mother.
Tammie Jackson phoned a Missouri school district to say that her daughter Gabrielle, 13, was routinely harassed because of her large breasts. But the alleged response from an employee horrified the already worried mother.
“The lady on the phone said they could transfer my daughter and said her boobs were so large she will always get teased. And the only suggestion she had for me is to have my daughter get a breast reduction,” Jackson told local Fox-affiliate KTVI. [OP: What. The. Fuck.]
Bullies at Central Middle School in Moline Acres, near St. Louis, make lewd and insensitive comments about Gabrielle’s large breasts, her mother claimed.
The girl’s mother Tammie Jackson was deeply troubled by the response she says she received concerning her daughter’s predicament.
Jackson expected the school to look into the issue and tell the suspects to stop humiliating the sixth-grade girl. Instead, Jackson said the blame was placed unfairly on Gabrielle, the victim, rather than the bullies.
“It makes me feel like now you are telling me it’s my fault, it’s God’s fault the way he made my daughter,” she said.
School Superintendent Clive Coleman said that the school is currently investigating the incident and working on decreasing bullying throughout his district. He does not think, however, that Jackson’s claims are entirely accurate, reported KTVI.
“We’re still investigating it,” he said. “But to be honest with you, I think it’s maybe a product of miscommunication.&rdquo [OP: LOL sure.]
School Superintendent Clive Coleman said the controversy likely stems from a matter of miscommunication.
“It makes me feel like now you are telling me it’s my fault, it’s God’s fault the way he made my daughter,” she said.
School Superintendent Clive Coleman said that the school is currently investigating the incident and working on decreasing bullying throughout his district. He does not think, however, that Jackson’s claims are entirely accurate, reported KTVI.
“We’re still investigating it,” he said. “But to be honest with you, I think it’s maybe a product of miscommunication.&rdquo [OP: LOL sure.]
School Superintendent Clive Coleman said the controversy likely stems from a matter of miscommunication.
Jackson also said that her son Elijah, 9, is bullied regularly because of surgical scars on his chest. The taunts, she said, have lead Elijah to talk about suicide. [OP: He's NINE. I hate everything.]
Jackson worries greatly that bullying early on in life can adversely affect that person for the rest of his or her life. She thinks that adults need to take a more active role in having open discussions with children about these issues.
“Talk with the kids,” Jackson said. “Let them know people’s bodies are changing, everybody is different, but God made us all great.”
Jackson worries greatly that bullying early on in life can adversely affect that person for the rest of his or her life. She thinks that adults need to take a more active role in having open discussions with children about these issues.
“Talk with the kids,” Jackson said. “Let them know people’s bodies are changing, everybody is different, but God made us all great.”
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OP: As someone who was cursed with early puberty, I would loooove to have a few choice words with this administration. Fucking fuck.
EDITED to change the title, as the old one got cut off.
Edited at 2013-01-23 07:51 am (UTC)
And, yet, if she did try that route, guaranteed the insurance company would reject her claim. They no longer cover for "psychological reasons". Unless you're a dude. Mildly swollen boobs, sure, we'll cover it.
So no, that school needs to shut up. There is no miscommunication here, if a SCHOOL EMPLOYEE is telling the mother that kind of crap. No excuses.
These poor babies need a hug and I wish I could give it.
Yeah, not to mention no ethical surgeon is going to perform a breast reduction on a 13 year old unless there was serious pain issues.
Suggesting make-up to cover up freckles or scars whatever is bad enough, but suggesting surgery on a child? WTF is wrong with people!
You can't win when bullying is allowed to continue unimpeded.
Though of course in response to this girl being harassed in such a way I bet the parents of the bullies will go "waah, waah, kids will be kids!"
And when they grow up, if so: Well who knew that letting them get away with such behaviour would turn them into shitty adults: women who see women as competition they have to take down by destroying their self esteem, and men seeing women as objects?
And the poor son, suicidal at such a young age? Ugh.
(*not all of these apply to the above cases, but are part of bullying in general.)
Fucking assholes.
loserscompetitors.When she got her breast reduction, they learned she was allergic to the sutures and she now has ugly scars. I feel bad for her.
Wouldn't it just be cheaper and healthier in the long run to punish the bullies for being awful people?
I developed mine around the age of 15 and because I have problems with shirts touching my neck I often wear low-cut tops. I had bullying problems a couple years before that for other reasons (mainly, "no real reason she's just easy") but it stopped by the time I hit high school. Instead, I got the creepy college dude who hung around our anime club constantly harassing me. Not to mention perfect strangers. Oh, fun.
Jackson also said that her son Elijah, 9, is bullied regularly because of surgical scars on his chest. The taunts, she said, have lead Elijah to talk about suicide
Fuck I fucking hate everybody.
The fact that the woman on the phone knew who Mrs. Jackson's daughter was and what she looked like tells me that mom isn't lying about this. So that school Superintendent is full of shit.
But IF she was a teacher, administrator, or (horror of horrors) member of the counseling staff, her ass should be fired and her fucking license revoked, afaic.
No matter what the woman's position at the school was, I hope Ms. Jackson's phone has been ringing off the phone from lawyers offering to represent her in a lawsuit since this story appeared, and I hope she pursues one. Because this is fucking OUTRAGEOUS, and this school deserves all the public shaming that such proceedings would entail.
Edited at 2013-01-23 11:37 pm (UTC)
I swear I would not be 15 again for anything. Fuck this school, and go mom for being on her kid's side in this.
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