Sexual bullying: thousands of pupils suspended

[timezone]

Sexual bullying: thousands of pupils suspended

By Martha Linden, PA
Monday, 5 January 2009

A "shocking new trend" in bullying was revealed today as figures showed more than 3,000 children were suspended from school for sexual misconduct.

Around 3,500 pupils in England were given fixed-term exclusions from school for sexual misconduct in the academic year 2006/07 - including 260 in primary schools, statistics from the Department for Children, Schools and Families have shown.

The figures are featured in a BBC1 Panorama programame which also quotes the findings of a survey of 11 to 19-year-olds by the charity Young Voice, showing one in 10 had been forced against their will to take part in sex acts.

Sexual misconduct can cover a range of behaviours from a one-off incident of daubing sexually-explicit graffiti on a wall to name-calling, inappropriate touching and serious sexual attacks.

Groping and the use of sexually-abusive nicknames have become almost part of daily life for some pupils, according to the Panorama programme.

Writing in the Daily Mail, presenter Jeremy Vine said he gathered a group of a dozen mothers and fathers in a bar to talk about sexual bullying.

"They spoke about mobiles, music and the internet, freely admitting that policing TV viewing was nigh-on impossible because of the ease with which children can access programmes out of hours," he said.

Richard Piggin, from the charity Beatbullying, said sexual bullying was "relatively common" and a serious problem.

"We are looking at sexual misconduct, name-calling and also inappropriate touching, and young people being forced into sexual activity that they are not really comfortable with," he told BBC Breakfast.

"There is a significant number of young people that we have worked with who have told us that they have either experienced it, or have witnessed it in their schools or in their community."

The Panorama programme comes after Children's Secretary Ed Balls asked the Anti Bullying Alliance to draw up guidance for teachers on tackling sexual bullying.

The guidance will tackle inappropriate language, advise teachers on how to manage cases of harassment, and encourage healthy friendships between teenage boys and girls amid concerns of misogynistic attitudes linked to gang culture.

The Panorama programme follows widespread publicity last month over the sentencing of nine teenagers in east London for the gang rape of a teenage girl.

[lightgiver]

One wonders,where are the parents:confused:

[limelady]

Also see this thread titled
Sex Offenders Aged 5 posted yesterday

http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48193

[meksar]

Subliminal and blatant sexual programming in music videos and cartoons, the Zionists are fucking deceitful they control all of this. Like Mr Icke said their is a war on our kids minds, they don't care if young girls get pregnant or abused while they are supposed to be innocent. Once you begin to understand the reason for all this it makes perfect sense, things like Disney/MTV are luciferinan entertainment for kids/teenagers to make them mentality ready for whats around the corner, but of course its seen as harmless fun.

[le chuck]

Sexual bullying: thousands of pupils suspended

By Martha Linden, PA
Monday, 5 January 2009

A "shocking new trend" in bullying was revealed today as figures showed more than 3,000 children were suspended from school for sexual misconduct.

Around 3,500 pupils in England were given fixed-term exclusions from school for sexual misconduct in the academic year 2006/07 - including 260 in primary schools, statistics from the Department for Children, Schools and Families have shown.

The figures are featured in a BBC1 Panorama programame which also quotes the findings of a survey of 11 to 19-year-olds by the charity Young Voice, showing one in 10 had been forced against their will to take part in sex acts.

Sexual misconduct can cover a range of behaviours from a one-off incident of daubing sexually-explicit graffiti on a wall to name-calling, inappropriate touching and serious sexual attacks.

Groping and the use of sexually-abusive nicknames have become almost part of daily life for some pupils, according to the Panorama programme.

Writing in the Daily Mail, presenter Jeremy Vine said he gathered a group of a dozen mothers and fathers in a bar to talk about sexual bullying.

"They spoke about mobiles, music and the internet, freely admitting that policing TV viewing was nigh-on impossible because of the ease with which children can access programmes out of hours," he said.

Richard Piggin, from the charity Beatbullying, said sexual bullying was "relatively common" and a serious problem.

"We are looking at sexual misconduct, name-calling and also inappropriate touching, and young people being forced into sexual activity that they are not really comfortable with," he told BBC Breakfast.

"There is a significant number of young people that we have worked with who have told us that they have either experienced it, or have witnessed it in their schools or in their community."

The Panorama programme comes after Children's Secretary Ed Balls asked the Anti Bullying Alliance to draw up guidance for teachers on tackling sexual bullying.

The guidance will tackle inappropriate language, advise teachers on how to manage cases of harassment, and encourage healthy friendships between teenage boys and girls amid concerns of misogynistic attitudes linked to gang culture.

The Panorama programme follows widespread publicity last month over the sentencing of nine teenagers in east London for the gang rape of a teenage girl.


HEY, you nicked my post. :mad:

[steevo]

I wonder if they are wanting to create a nation of boys only, girls only schools :confused:

[xpleet]

Subliminal and blatant sexual programming in music videos and cartoons, the Zionists are fucking deceitful they control all of this. Like Mr Icke said their is a war on our kids minds, they don't care if young girls get pregnant or abused while they are supposed to be innocent. Once you begin to understand the reason for all this it makes perfect sense, things like Disney/MTV are luciferinan entertainment for kids/teenagers to make them mentality ready for whats around the corner, but of course its seen as harmless fun.
Disney started soft compared to what we have today.

Don't forget child entertainment shows like Lazy Town that can only be labeled pedophilic, a show where an ~8 year old girl is dressed up like a whore and makes any kind of sexual expression you can think of.

And here we are now, as young as 5 year olds becoming sex offenders and most people here still don't even get it. It's really sad and the shock will only hit those who decided to stay in lala-land.

[the nine]

this is more pc correctness overload mainly,imho.
my son was susspended, for 1 week about 4 years ago for 'mooning' to his friends.
he was charged with sexual misconduct.
when i asked him about this he told me they were all just joking around with each other,taking turns, having a laugh. each one trying to do a funnier 'moon' than the other whilst waiting for a 'late' teacher'.and he just happened to be the one to get caught..

he is a good lad, i went to the school to complain, they told me they unofficially agree with me, but new legislation meant it was mandatory to report and act the way they did.

now my son has this on his record

[beldazar]

Ah Nine, that really IS pathetic, theres no sexual connection in mooning FFS!

Havent we all done it at least ONCE in our lives? :o
I cant believe your son has it on record, it wouldnt matter anyway, Im sure there are very few people who would take that seriously....

[dreamweaver]

Ah Nine, that really IS pathetic, theres no sexual connection in mooning FFS!

Havent we all done it at least ONCE in our lives? :o
I cant believe your son has it on record, it wouldnt matter anyway, Im sure there are very few people who would take that seriously....

I wish I could share your optimism, beldazar. I rather suspect that boy will be stigmatised during his school career even if it doesn't stay on his records when he becomes an adult (and I have a nasty feeling it will stay).

[lostinstrangeworld]

School can be such an awful place to go.

I personally didn't have it that bad (as in this article), but I can remember the stomach cramps I would feel every day before going there. I hated it, it felt like a prison sentence- each minute on the clock seemed to go on forever.

Now if a child stays off from school, instead of helping that child the authorities want to incriminate the parents.

I don't know much about home schooling, but it would be great if this option could be made available to all.

God, I hated school so much.

[beldazar]

My son does LISW, its heartbreaking as he has no friends either. I cant home-school him, I dont have the patience and to be honest, he can be hard work so I relish the break :o
He doesnt have long to go though...

[lostinstrangeworld]

My son does LISW, its heartbreaking as he has no friends either. I cant home-school him, I dont have the patience and to be honest, he can be hard work so I relish the break :o
He doesnt have long to go though...

Awww.

I know what you mean.

I'm fairly fortunate because my son's paternal grandmother pays for mine to go to a private school; they get more attention due to the smaller classes and are always given a nice variety of things to do. They seem to love it there. I heard from another parent there that her kids have never said they didn't want to go to school; always seemed to enjoy it. So I am very lucky- it would be a terrible weight on my mind if I felt my sons were being sent somewhere they didn't want to be (because of what I went through).

If my sons were at home all day with me, they would drive me mad as I'm prone to depression, I also have low energy levels which I'm going to try to work on this year. When I was exhausted with breastfeeding during the night, etc, all I was able to do was turn on the tv to try and get just a little rest, but I felt bad about it. So school is not always a bad thing for kids; they get to be with other children their own age and do things. There is more than one angle to view things from.

If we could afford to, it would be nice to pay tutors to educate our kids at home, but we would have to ensure that kids still got to interact with other kids somehow. I was reading in "Green Parent" magazine how some parents doing home schooling formed groups with other parents and sent their children off together on trips and such, as well as bringing them together for small classes. It's a good idea- if one has the means to do so.

<3

[cafetimes1991]

I'm still in school and I hate it. I have started reading about Nazi concentration camps in order to put my situation in perspective. I feel alienated as a "conspiracy theorist" (I also have bad posture). Sigh, small town Ireland. Hopefully though I will met more like minded people in university, abroad etc.

[lostinstrangeworld]

{{{{hugs}}}}

[cafetimes1991]

*blushes*