I got harassed today by a 9 year-old girl for running without a shirt on!

Just wow... wrote:

So I was running shirtless (it was 80+ degrees and very humid) on the fields of a county park adjacent to an elementary school playground when I heard a little kid's voice shout "put a shirt on!". As I circled back in the general direction of the playground, again, I again heard the yell "put a shirt on!". It was one of the bigger girls in the group, out on the playground with the rest of her class. It's not like I have an embarrassing upper body (5ft 10 in, 160 lbs, in decent shape) as do most of the fat slob dads at the community pool where she probably was hanging out over the weekend. I'm not sure why the outrage.

Having a top on will keep you cooler, due to the booking effect of the sweat. You know that right?

You should have cursed young girls in the name of the LORD!

2 Kings 2:23-24

23 Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

24 When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of their number.

Part of the cultural acceptance of shirts/non-shirts can definitely be regional as well. I pretty much ran for 8 years shirtless every day in Los Angeles area and SF Bay area without ever receiving one comment about not wearing a shirt. I then moved to Boston in my late 20s to do some graduate classes - the first day it was warm enough to go shirtless I went for a 7 miler along the Charles River starting from my apt in Cambridge. My roommate's reaction was "what the f are you doing not wearing a shirt?" and I received 1 or 2 other similar comments. Part of it I think he didn't like me prancing around shirtless in front of his girlfriend, but still multiple people (also in their 20s) were acting like I was completely out of my mind and it was totally unacceptable to be running without a shirt when temps were in the 70s (which is hot after a cold New England spring!). I may have been the only one without in a shirt on a poplular running route in MA, while in CA I'd say 20% of men would be without a shirt on my regular routes, and 50%+ of women would just be in sports bras. Rare to see that in New England.

theJeff wrote:

How do you know she is 9? Did you stop and talk to her? If so, that is way creepier than any other part of this story.

Well jeff, that is what they call an estimate based on general human knowledge. We were all 9 once and that age sticks out as well as any other when it comes to making an impression.

That's probably the peak age for boys and girls being icky to each other.

Your Welcome

You could have yelled back to the little girl that you identify as a woman, and so it was a violation of your civil rights for her to be slut shaming you.

InvisiblePinkUnicorn wrote:

You should have cursed young girls in the name of the LORD!

2 Kings 2:23-24

23 Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, “Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!”

24 When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of their number.

Amen. A good reminder that we should demand that adolescents respect their elders. The Assyrians are ready to invade. If we don't think our culture is worth defending, no one else will either.

I remember last summer running shirtless at the park, this 10 year old or so boy yells out, I like your bra. I just laughed and said it's a heart rate monitor.

You’re a prick wrote:

Having a top on will keep you cooler, due to the booking effect of the sweat. You know that right?

This is precisely why I stopped running shirtless.

Get a job loser wrote:

pedi wrote:

Stop taking your clothes off around little kids

^this. Who goes shirtless around an elementary school in the daytime? I’m guessing your breaching your parole conditions by even being near an elementary school. Is your sex offender status why you aren’t at work, tough to find a job?

Good points you raise. We need to put a stop to this criminal. He and his predator friends are the kind of people Trump wants to put back to work. Penn State will have him.

big HONKING birds wrote:

Running in the vicinity of an elementary school without a shirt is the problem tbh. Doesn't matter how old you are. I avoid running on or near school property if I'm working from home because I don't want to be that guy.

You can thank Nancy Grace for this hysteria, and for making you feel like a pervert for running shirtless.

they don't know shet wrote:

Prepubescent girls being prepubescent girls. They probably thought you were going to give them cooties. The bigger girl was probably the ringleader and trying to sustain her dominance in the group.

I've been told the same thing by boys in that age group.

Wrong.

She was obviously pointing out that you were not abiding by the rules she has to abide by, and she expected you to fall in line.

5'10" 160lbs.... Definitely not Brad Pitt in fight club.

You’re a prick wrote:

Just wow... wrote:

So I was running shirtless (it was 80+ degrees and very humid) on the fields of a county park adjacent to an elementary school playground when I heard a little kid's voice shout "put a shirt on!". As I circled back in the general direction of the playground, again, I again heard the yell "put a shirt on!". It was one of the bigger girls in the group, out on the playground with the rest of her class. It's not like I have an embarrassing upper body (5ft 10 in, 160 lbs, in decent shape) as do most of the fat slob dads at the community pool where she probably was hanging out over the weekend. I'm not sure why the outrage.

Having a top on will keep you cooler, due to the booking effect of the sweat. You know that right?

Booking effect? Oh yeah, everyone's heard of that!

On Saturday, as I was finishing up a tempo run with my shirt off (and shorts on), a 2 year old girl proclaimed, "Mommy, that man is naked."

#metoo

I can't even wear banlon.

Perhaps not your intention, but this comes across as a strange humble brag that a 9 year old noticed you. The description of your upper body and the slam on “fat slob dads” further solidifies my premise.

Keep us “update” as to when someone appropriately aged notices you.

u did right thing by running away, you ever see the school yard scene from step brothers? white dog poop.

I live in Mexico. One of the things that's different where I live, compared to the places I lived in the US, is that people don't say negative sh$% to you when you're running.

Triggered!! wrote:

It is your manly right to bear your useless nipples whenever you please!

*bare