[OnlyTurkeysHaveLeftWings]

Hell, at least the 7th graders are on an even keel with one another.

I have a jaundiced view of adults getting handsy with minors. Maybe it’s just me.

[Tax-chick]

at least the 7th graders are on an even keel with one another

Do you really imagine that? Junior high schools have vicious power inequities, but because, "It's just kids' being kids," the more vulnerable have very limited options. (I'd go for a few castrations, myself.)

Maybe it’s just me.

No, it's not just you ... and it's not just you imagining that age makes a real difference.

[wintertime]

“Hell, at least the 7th graders are on an even keel with one another.” (OnlyTurkeysHaveLeftWings)
“Do you really imagine that? Junior high schools have vicious power inequities, but because, “It's just kids’ being kids,” the more vulnerable have very limited options. (I'd go for a few castrations, myself.” ( Tax-Chick )
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I must agree with Tax-Chick about the power inequities. In many ways, our typical Prussian-style schools resemble prisons. No one should be surprised that we see cliques ( protection gangs) and prison social pathology in these schools.

However....If we are going to treat kids ( whose only crime was being born) like prisoners then we must make a distinction between true sexual harassment and sexual abuse among the students, and social immaturity. Immature, rude, and insensitive comments should be rebuked sharply with guidance given and the victim reassured and comforted. The problem though is it takes the wisdom of Solomon to sort out the behavior due to immaturity from true sexual harassment.

My suggestion: If you have kids don't put them in a Prussian-style school.