Well i certainly wouldn't think it hilarious if my Dd did that. If it's any consolation.
To be fair to the women involved got the point right away when it was pointed out to them that my very tall son has as much right to say “no” to their petite daughters as they have to him.
They understood why I was concerned and my son was angry. They were embarrassed that it hadn’t occurred to them.
They spoke to their DD’s who also understood and were very sorry. But up until that point they hadn’t been taught that “no means no” even when coming from a boy who is considerably bigger and stronger than you.
They had been taught about their own right to bodily autonomy but not his. They thought it was a game when he said no, even when he got angry.
And these are nice girls, from very nice families, who we have known for years.
And for clarity, I’m not advocating a “poor boys, always blamed and falsely accused by wicked girls” narrative here.
Because I’m pretty sure that almost every woman on this thread remembers having her skirt pulled up, bra pinged, backside pinched by boys in primary school and that just being the start of a lifetime of low level (and not so low level) assaults.
I’m highlighting my son’s vulnerability in this situation rather than his twin sister’s because we probably all know too well about that from personal experience.
The point is that at 11 years old some of the kids will be well into puberty and some will not. Some will be curious about the opposite sex and some will not. But they are all vulnerable.
All of them Girls and boys.
And as a parent I don’t put my children in potentially harmful situations they are not equipped to handle.
The “my child thinks the opposite sex are yuk/silly/boring” posters are unbearably naive. Because the fact that your child feels that way doesn’t mean that their peers do.
And kids go from “not interested” to “very interested” overnight - don’t you remember?