Students are organizing protests against the “spanking” policy at a Missouri school.
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"We formed it in order to combat this policy as well as a few others that we think are abusive, archaic and regressive in our schools," Miller, 17, told TODAY.Over 500 students attend Cassville High SchoolMiller and her fellow SAAP members argue that children who are subjected to corporal punishment with the permission of their parents are losing their bodily autonomy.
Audrey Goutney, 17, also attends Cassville High School and argues that the new disciplinary policy runs antithetical to the idea that"school is supposed to be a safe place for students." Moore agrees, adding that"kids could be being abused and hit at home, or going through self-harm issues."COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in corporal punishmentWe’re not giving those kids therapy or the help they need — we’re just resorting to hitting them.
"As a student that has not consented at all and never will to an adult man — when I'm almost 18 — spanking me, it is a traumatic experience for me not just as a child but as a woman," she added.
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