A Mom Flipped At The Beach Because A Teen Wore A Bikini In Front Of Her 4-Year-Old Son
Raising boys to be thoughtful, emotionally open, and kind can be tough in a world that wants them to run the patriarchy. And raising boys to treat women equally and with respect can be tough when they’re socialized at every turn to objectify, sexualize, and dominate them.
And honestly, this one completely-out-of-control boy mom at the beach is not helping anyone. Karen alert!
It all started as a nice, normal day at the beach. That all changed when a woman one towel over from a mom and her family started harassing her for letting her teenager wear a revealing bikini at the beach.
Her main complaint? It was distracting her 4-year-old son, as if toddlers have any idea about decency or sexuality.
“What kind of mother are you to let your daughter wear a thong and show her a— cheeks around a 4-year-old kid? She’s wearing a f—ing thong,” the extremely pleasant person said.
“No, I’m not,” the teens says off camera — calmer than she needs to be.
“What kind of mother are you to allow your daughter to have her a—cheeks hanging out,” the woman chides.
“She’s wearing a swimsuit,” the other mom replies. “That’s your problem, and your son’s problem.”
According to the mother, this is what the 13 year old girl was wearning during the altercation. People nearby on the beach discribed the swimsuit in question according to Dailymail.
The woman then demands to know why the other woman is filming, and she explains it’s for her safety. Which makes sense, because the next thing that happens is that the woman threatens to beat her up.
Finally, the woman tells her kids that they’re leaving, solidifying that she’s the one ruining everyone’s day at the beach, not anyone else.
So, just to clarify, who is the bad mom here: the one who allows her teen kid to wear what they’re comfortable in, or the one who is swearing, shouting, and threatening violence during a beach day?
And in case you are still somehow on the side of the belligerent mom, she ends the confrontation by finding a way to be even more horrible.
“If my son rapes your daughter when he’s older, it’s not my problem,” she seethes.
OK, right. Perhaps we should have guessed that this woman would enter into the “she was asking for it” mentality.
As one might guess, the internet had nothing good to say about the out-of-line mom who was sexualizing kids and starting fights.
“So shes sexualizing both a 4 year old and a 13 year old, while cursing at a stranger in front of said 4 year old, and also threatening violence in front of him, AND excusing rape,” the top comment reads. “Cool cool cool.”
“Seems like the perfect opportunity to teach your son not to objectify women into the sum of their lady parts. But no, let’s blame the girl for tempting a 4 yr old,” another wrote.
And this really summed it up:
“The most toxic and dangerous thing for children to be exposed to is anger. rage, and violence.”
After being questioned by the other woman about why she was filming, the woman who had been causing trouble at the beach proceeded to threaten her with physical violence. It was then that the woman filming explained that she was doing so for her own safety. Which was a reasonable precaution given the situation.
In a final display of poor behavior, the trouble-making woman then told her children that they were leaving. Further proving that she was the source of the disturbance at the beach. In light of these events, it begs the question: who should be considered the bad mother in this scenario?
The one who allowed her teenager to wear what she felt comfortable in – a bikini, or the one who resorted to profanity, yelling, and threats of violence on a day meant for enjoyment? And if anyone was still somehow sympathetic to the aggressive mother’s actions, it is worth noting that she ended the confrontation by behaving even more abhorrently.