Chelyabinsk Schoolboy Pulls Down Classmate's Underwear in PE Lesson
A physical education class in Chelyabinsk was the setting for an incident where a student«s clothing was pulled down.
In a Chelyabinsk school during a sixth-grade physical education class, a 12-year-old boy pulled down a classmate«s shorts along with his underwear. The victim»s mother intends to punish the offender—she has hired a lawyer, contacted child protective services, and is preparing to file a police report.
«It«s Not Leading to Anything Good»
The incident occurred outdoors when it was still warm, and physical education was being held in the fresh air. According to the victim«s mother, the teacher was distracted from the children, and at that moment, the classmate approached her son from behind and pulled down his clothing.
«When my son realized he was standing without anything, he was in a state of shock,» the victim«s mother told 74.RU. «I teach my son to respond wisely to situations, never to retaliate against the offender, but honestly he just wanted to kill him for this. It»s hard for me to say whether that boy intended to remove all the clothing from my son or not. He justifies himself, says he only wanted to pull down the shorts. But how can you prove that he only wanted to pull down the shorts? And why should anyone believe him. We will put the offender in his place.»
The mother immediately contacted the school principal and then a lawyer.
«We need to pay attention to this situation because it«s not leading to anything good,» the woman is convinced. «We»ve known this hooligan boy since first grade and all his previous antics, we are concerned. But the principal and our homeroom teacher don«t know him as well, so they»re not as concerned. For example, in fourth grade, he kicked my son in the stomach and hit a classmate. All of this went unpunished, these situations weren«t addressed, just all the parents argued in chats and that was it. And if I hadn»t contacted a lawyer now, this situation would probably have been swept under the rug. But now this family will be dealt with by social services, child protective services, and the juvenile police unit (PDN). The lawyer is preparing a statement for the police.»
The child protective services department of the Kurchatovsky District social protection administration told 74.RU that a complaint has been received and an investigation is being conducted.
An investigation is also being conducted at the school. A psychologist and a social pedagogue are involved in resolving the conflict.
«The administration is taking all possible measures to resolve this situation, an official investigation has been conducted with the participation of the school leadership and the teacher who was conducting the lessons,» the acting principal commented to us. «A meeting has also been organized with all participants of this incident. Specialists are now involved in working with the class: a psychologist-teacher and a social pedagogue. The work is still ongoing, we are trying to settle this conflict, the situation is under control.»
«He Just Wanted to Fool Around»
We spoke with a child psychologist about the boy«s action. The specialist does not see any particular problem in what happened.
«If this boy did this to everyone and often, then we should sound the alarm, but if it«s a one-time thing, it»s most likely play,» says psychologist Ksenia Medvedeva. «Children«s forms of play can imply anything at all. When children play, they don»t think about social boundaries, they don«t know much about them yet. Most often, children don»t have these taboos like adults do. It«s our society that imposes—underwear, pants. But children might not have these boundaries, they just wanted to fool around.»
At the same time, the psychologist advises the victim«s mother to observe her son.
«If we see that the child is eating poorly, sleeping poorly, has started bedwetting or conversely gets up often at night to use the toilet, maybe refuses to talk, closes off, doesn«t make contact, then he should be shown to a psychologist to dispel his beliefs that something is wrong with him,» advises Ksenia. «You need to monitor his condition at home. We are all different, unique, everyone has their own personal reality. For one child, this will be funny and cool, well, they pulled down his underwear, laughed, and he»ll forget tomorrow, but for another boy, it might hit a zone of vulnerability, shame. Especially if there are strict standards of decency in the home, for example.»
«Unpleasant, Immoral, but No Consequences Will Follow»
We also asked a lawyer whether the hooligan schoolboy or his parents could face any punishment for such an act.
«Psychologically, it«s unpleasant, definitely, and immoral in general, but consequences in terms of being registered with the police are unlikely to follow here,» believes Nikolai Popov, head of the legal company »Forlex«. «Because to imagine that this would be classified as an act of a sexual nature is fantasy. The matter didn»t go further, as they say, he didn«t commit any violent actions against the classmate. Probably, it»s worth noting here that such behavior is transmitted from adult behavior. At football matches, they can pull down pants, shorts, it«s a stupid joke that is widespread in mass media and films. To imagine that for this, any sanctions regarding upbringing under administrative law would be imposed on the parents is unlikely.»
