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5 year old boy with autism put on sex offender's register for hugging a classmate

Longshanks

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/autism-chattanooga-east-ridge-elementary-united-states-nathan-a9119391.html

I'm sure having autism would make one's life difficult enough without being on the sex offender register for something he wouldn't even have understood.

I personally think feminism has gone too far- dishing out "sex offender" labels to 5 year old boys just isn't appropriate and won't help anyone.

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  • First of all, it's really disturbing that they're labelling a five-year-old as a sex offender when they have no comprehension of what they're doing.

    However, I definitely wouldn't blame this on feminism. Feminism is about equality, not about alienating boys and men (those who try to do that are not true feminists).

    I just hope this little boy gets the help he needs and has this awful 'sex offender' label removed.

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  • First of all, it's really disturbing that they're labelling a five-year-old as a sex offender when they have no comprehension of what they're doing.

    However, I definitely wouldn't blame this on feminism. Feminism is about equality, not about alienating boys and men (those who try to do that are not true feminists).

    I just hope this little boy gets the help he needs and has this awful 'sex offender' label removed.

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