A lot of girls don’t learn it, they are life’s victims. Doesn’t mean the rest of us should stand there doing nothing but judging them for being “weak”.
This girl has turned to adults to help her. They need to help her, not stand hands on hips and say “learn to deal with it”.
Not all girls are “Buffy, the vampire slayer” and frankly the chronic portrayal of buff women kicking even buffer guys’ butts gives a lot of people some really stupid ideas about women and girls taking care of themselves that pretty much flies in the face of real world experience and the totality of human history.
I agree with you!