This popped up on my Facebook feed tonight. It's an article about a meme, depicting a five year old girl, with the words "I am 5. My body is my body. Don't force me to kiss or hug. I am learning about consent and your support on this will help me keep myself safe for the rest of my life."
The article details more about the thought process behind the creation of the meme, via quotes from its creator, and goes on to talk about how polarizing it has apparently been. There are comments from both sides for contrast.
Meme and discussion are here
AIBU to ask you all what you think? I have to be honest, this is a touchy subject for me because my son has experienced having his boundaries ignored. My ex-DP and I always took a similar stance to the meme's creator.
I just have a lot of feelings about this meme and want to talk about it and people here are pretty good about getting stuck into a conversation, haha.
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jayisforjessica · 26/12/2016 06:10
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