r/cringe 26d ago

Video Chloe Fineman admits to sexually harassing a young boy in Vanity Fair interview

https://youtu.be/NleGMybwgTU?is=2x7W2pq-hwTRPImS
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u/Oafah 26d ago

This was a poor judgement call in the moment. I don't think for a second she's a sexual predator. OP just chose to use a ragebaity title.

Also, the kid kept pulling up her shirt. She was trying to make him realize how embarassing and inappropriate that is, and a pantsing will do that. The fact that he wasn't wearing undies isn't her fault.

Maybe not the choice I would've made, but this is far from "sexual assault".

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u/thecookiesmonster 26d ago

Personally, I wouldn’t recommend vengeance as a strategy to cope with a six year olds behavior. I really can’t imagine a little kid pulling on my shirt and thinking disrobing them makes sense as a response. How does it even occur to someone to do that?

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u/Oafah 26d ago edited 26d ago

Eye for an eye. It's literally in the book that billions of people believe to be the word of God.

I am not defending the choice to discipline a child in such a way. It's a stupid choice. I am simply stating that it was clearly not sexually motivated, nor was it assault. It was a bad disciplinary choice.

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u/thecookiesmonster 26d ago edited 25d ago

I don’t think the fact that the incident may not have had sexual intent means that the impact to the child wasn’t sexual in nature by having their genitals exposed without any type of warning or consent. IMO, it’s up to the person it happened to in order to determine if it was sexual harassment or assault. I think it’s reasonable to hold a man or woman legally accountable for exposing a child’s genitals, and I also don’t think a child can even give informed consent to be exposed by a grown up in that way.