i groped a girl at a party of a friends when i was a teenager (can’t remember the exact time anymore but i feel like it was just before or at the beginning of high school). she was play fighting with others and i took advantage of the situation and got close to her. i even f****** bragged about it later to other boys (one of whom slapped me, can’t blame him for that). i have never had any contact with the girl outside of this incident. i know i groped at least one other girl, at school no less. these have been the absolute lowest moments in my life (along with berating my mother to the point of bringing her to tears on more than one occasion, including JUST LAST YEAR but that’s unfortunately a whole other thing to unpack). i have developed more of a conscious about this kind of behavior over the past few years (i’m 26) and am absolutely disgusted with myself. it took me close to a decade to even remember and reflect on what i did and i unfortunately do still struggle with objectifying women. my behavior deserves no excuses, no “boys will be boys” b******* just because of my age at the time if that’s what anybody’s thinking. i touched at least two of my peers inappropriately without either of their consent.