OBSESSION
By "Kevin Jones"
It happens every year - every year that there is a new intake of sixth formers, there is always a new infatuation with a certain boy or boys in the sixth form. And let's face it, the girls in the lower school do tend to be more interested in the boys in the sixth form than anything else. And I bet that most of the lower school pupils reading this are probably only reading this because it has been written by a 'boy'.
Often the boys are blamed for creating such obsessive behaviour, yet rarely do people realise that the boys themselves may not intentionally be trying to create such ludicrous demeanour.
However, I must also stress upon the fact that some of the boys do enjoy the attention, which in a way, infuriates me because it actually feeds those certain boys' egos, rather than contributing to stop this caprice.
What many lower school pupils may also not notice is that, like the rest of the sixth form, the boys have come here for an education - in order to obtain qualifications, and being continually harassed by juveniles will almost certainly, encumber rather than help.
I have also often heard many lower school pupils disdaining certain boys in the sixth form, for no readily apparent reason, this either show their extreme immaturity and futility, or it shows that they basically have nothing better to do with their time.
Perhaps I am over-generalising lower school pupils here, but the evidence is not really in favour of them, especially when the issue of 'stalking' certain boys are bought up.
Has is also not occurred to anyone that by being so obsessed with certain males indicate a decline in certain feminist values which women have, in the past, fought so hard to achieve - especially equality with men. Surely this kind of behaviour even trivialises women's position in life, by suggesting that women are not as "worthy" and that the "worshipping" of males is perfectly acceptable?!!
To a modern woman, this very concept is as preposterous as it sounds, and what is even more ridiculous is that it is happening on the very grounds of a school founded by a woman who established it in order to help advocate the rights of women in society and to improve women's lives. So, surely this point should have stopped such farcical actions in the first place?