Common Behavior All Over The World
You stand there, frozen in disbelief as you watch the group push the child to the ground and yell insulting names at them. Because the other children are not stopping their cruel treatment of the child who is lying on the ground, the child’s pain and shame are very real to you from where you are standing.
Sadly, incidents of behavior similar to this one are not uncommon in any part of the world. It is estimated that as many as 83 percent of girls and 79 percent of school-aged children have, at some point, been the target of unwanted sexual advances or other forms of harassment. Hannah Combs is included in this high statistic, and it is imperative that her moving story be told to as many people as possible.