A 13yo might tend to be more easily intimidated, though not all 13yos are. As a shy, innocent 13yo, I would've gone along with whatever the school told me. But, as a not-so-innocent, argumentative 15yo, I didn't even let high school administrators search my purse.
The administrators would tell my tough-talking friends to empty their purses routinely, and they always complied. When the dean told me to empty my purse, I said, "Do you have a warrant?" Needless to say, the dean didn't even touch my purse.
I wonder what would happen to a kid who refused today like I did oh-so-many years ago. If this 13yo had refused the strip search, I doubt the school officials would've forced her into a strip search. They relied on the fact that she was a nice girl who would follow orders.
I still can’t get over the fact they didn’t wait for the mother to get to the school. I know I would have told the school to go to hell at 13 yrs old. I really don’t know what they would have done had she said no. I do know if someone stripped my child of her clothes I would be furious. I hope the mother sues the school. I don’t care for lawsuits too much but sometimes they are needed.
We conservatives have to band together and teach our young kids to stand up to this sh*t; otherwise, our country is doomed. Such blind obedience to authority is absolutely sickening.