#nogrooming

[marceloaparra]

Hoy, tuve el alto honor de haber sido invitado a participar del cierre de año de la Campaña de prevención sobre Groomingcon todo el equipo de trabajo de @mama_en_linea Legisladores y Legisladoras nacionales, funcionarios y funcionarios de gobierno y el Ministro de Educación de la Nación Nicolás Trotta En una muy emotiva ceremonia volvimos a concientizarnos sobre este flagelo. Las nuevas tecnologías han supuesto un paso adelante gigantesco en la mejora del acceso a la información, en el aumento de las relaciones interpersonales, en la multiplicación de canales para disfrutar de productos y servicios, etc. Así, en los últimos años se pueden hacer con más facilidad compras a través de la Red, se puede recuperar el contacto con antiguos amigos del colegio o se puede jugar on line con cualquier persona del mundo. Pero al igual que ocurre en otros ámbitos de la vida, Internet hay que saber cómo utilizarlo porque su mal uso puede provocar situaciones de riesgo tanto para adultos como para menores. En este último caso, de forma más dolorosa por tratarse de personas que, en la mayoría de las ocasiones, aún no tienen las herramientas, los conocimientos suficientes o los recursos necesarios para defenderse y actuar ante una situación de abuso. En el caso del acoso sexual a menores por parte de adultos ha trasladado el acoso presencial también a la vida virtual. Por esta razón hay que multiplicar las precauciones no sólo para que el menor haga un buen uso de la red, sino también para que aprende a determinar con qué personas tiene que relacionarse a través de estos medios y cómo no llevar a cabo acciones como concertar citas con extraños en la vida real o al menos no hacerlo sin la presencia de un adulto. Para Prevenir hay que Educar. #LeyMicaOrtega #NoGrooming #Ley26904 #prevencion https://www.instagram.com/p/CI9ddTtgKGG/?igshid=1mghp3bx8wf8r

[confessionsofafoodaddict]

Grooming Kids, Not Dogs, in #ShowDogsMovie

My five-year-old is obsessed with all things animal. While her clear preference is cats, any furry, four-legged thing will do.

Which is why I was so excited to see a preview a couple of weeks back for kids’ movie called Show Dogs. The premise is that there is a tough guy Rottweiler police dog named Max (voiced by Ludacris) that has to infiltrate a dog show with his handler (Will Arnett).

While the plot sounds eerily like a canine version of Miss Congeniality, I thought Kennedy would love it nonetheless. Thankfully, we’ve never made it to the movie. And here’s why I say thankfully.

According to others who have seen the movie, the plot is much as you’d expect, with Max begrudgingly making his way through the ranks of the dog show in an effort to make it to the finals so he can get the bad guy.

But what you likely wouldn’t expect is the pedophile-like grooming that takes place.

Yes, you read that right…

As Max makes it to the finals, the other show dogs explain to him that, as part of the evaluation, the judges need to fondle, er, inspect, his genitalia. Max is naturally shocked and refuses.

At this point, both Arnell and the other show dogs insist is has to be done, no matter how “awkward” it may seem. And, despite Max’s protests and lashing out, Arnell continues to fondle the dog in an effort to “help” him get used to it. The other dogs even so far as to suggest that Max just let it happen and simply go to his “zen place” while the fondling is going on.

WHAT?!?!?!

So, in a children’s movie, you have a person in authority (Arnell) convincing “someone” that it’s okay for someone else to touch his privates, no matter how uncomfortable and unnatural it may seem. And, worse yet, just close off your mind while it’s happening and try to find your happy place.

I… can’t… even….

As a person who experienced unwanted touching as a child, I find this beyond disturbing.

As a mother, aunt, cousin, and friend, I find this beyond disturbing.

As a citizen of this country, where 1 in 5 girls (20%!!!) and 1 in 20 boys is a victim of sexual abuse, I find this beyond disturbing.

How the hell the writer, director, producer(s), and actors in this movie DIDN’T find this disturbing is beyond me.

It is well documented that nearly 1/3 of all people with eating disorders have experienced abuse in their past… often sexual abuse. And that doesn’t even count those with depression, anxiety, PTSD, and more.

What are we setting our children up for, if we cannot even trust a PG movie (for children in their oh-so tender and vulnerable early teen years) to present integrity and boundaries, rather than a how-to guide for pedophiles.

If you haven’t yet seen this movie, don’t. And if you can make your reasons known for NOT seeing the movie, please do. Hollywood needs to know that this is NOT okay.

And if you have already taken your children to this movie, I beg of you to discuss it with them and explain how Max should have trusted his instincts and not allowed the touching.

No child should ever be made to believe that unwanted touching is something they must endure, whether it’s for laughs in the movie theater or in tears in their bedroom.

Never.

[crazymadmeow]

Come at me with that brush one more time 😾😾.... Hope your Sunday is going better than mine 😿 #hiding #nogrooming #donottouch #leavemealone #catshatebrushes

[artemisiainc]

Every reading nook needs a little cat. #leopardprint #citycats #nogrooming