Suspension #2

Yes. Sexual Harassment. D wrote a note that said he wanted to have sex with a girl in his class. The circumstances surrounding this incident are pretty sketchy. Lots of "SoAndSo said this and Soandso told me to write that and then I was crying and somebody told Mrs. Teacher." He did write this note though, and after several phone calls it was decided that I would handle it at home. Then another phone call to say oops we have to suspend him.
We spent the day today working on his schoolwork. At lunchtime, we had a talk about what sexual harassment is and what is the difference between harassment and flirting and how you have to be careful you don't cross the line. Etc etc...
So, now I've been thinking about how I would like him to, of course, respect everybody, but especially girls. Then my feminism screams at me about girls aren't so weak that they deserve extra gentle care. Something along those lines. My feminism sometimes screams unintelligibly. Should I go overboard about being a gentleman to the ladies to counteract all the other influences on him? Or does that lead to less respect and more feeling like men are superior to women? Why do I want him to "especially" respect girls? I think for the most part he has a good feel for boys and girls are different but still equal.
I guess in order to teach your kid morals, you better know what your own are first. Bleh Anyways, hopefully from now on he will at least have a little nagging thought about what's appropriate when the other kids start in on the sex talk.