Let me set the scene: It’s Lag Ba’omer. The younger teenage daughter, Tami, joins her friends at the communal Lag Ba’omer celebration and mangal (BBQ). Tami is decked out in her usual B’nai Akiva wear, the same garb that I donned growing up: a white lace-up shirt and long dark blue skirt. The chanichim (teens) are celebrating and dancing and – after a while – Tami and her friend decide to wander deeper into the forest where their guy friends, including the one she has a crush on, are hanging out.
The teenage guys in the forest are a few years older than the girls and are pretty wild – what any parent would consider bad news. The guys have ditched the B’nai Akiva celebration, escaped any semblance of adult supervision and are sitting around their rogue campfire, pouring back swigs of hard liquor that they managed to sneak away from who-knows-where.
The girls arrive and are welcomed with joyous shouts, seated around the fire and poured drinks. The teens sing, they laugh and – as Tami becomes more emboldened from the drinks she has been poured – she joins the guys in sharing dirty jokes. Though Tami is a bit bashful at first and wears the shy grin of someone who knows she shouldn’t be saying dirty things, everyone laughs at her jokes and encourages her to continue on – including the boy who has caught her attention.
After a few more drinks and stories, Tami’s friend decides to head back home to sleep, but Tami is having a great time and stays out around the campfire.
The evening continues on and the teens get tipsier and tipsier. All of a sudden, the loudest and biggest guy in the group – the leader of the pack – pushes Tami over and kisses her hard on the mouth. This is Tami’s first kiss. She seems shell-shocked and uncomfortable but doesn’t leave right away, holding out hope that her fates will turn and that the boy she likes will notice her.
As the night goes on and as the guys get off-their-butts drunk, the bully becomes more emboldened and clasps a hand over Tami’s mouth, urging the other guys to come and touch her. To come and pleasure her. The other guys hesitate, but the bully goads them into touching her by asking “You want them to touch you, don’t you?” Tami vigorously nods, intimidated by the bully’s hand still clasped over her mouth, her voice silenced. The guys feel her up, the sexual aggression escalates no further and the scene comes to a close.
Celebrating 10 Years & Marking the End of An Amazing Project
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