>>3684
Sadly, that kind of treatment was not uncommon even as little as 10-15 years ago, especially the selective awareness of violence by authorities - which contributed to current policies involving punishments being the same for all participants in a fight. The only part that made me ( >>3680 ) blink was Sonja getting grounded, and that may have more to do with my own experiences with parents - generally the ones who WOULDN'T punish their child for being with someone of the same gender were the ones who would ask their child why they attacked the person, and rigorously defend that child's right and abilities to self-defense.

Then again, "her victim was crippled for life" is a thing that both rarely came up, and something of an aggravating factor. As tSade pointed out ( >>3682 ), there are things going on of which we are not aware, including possible scheming on the part of Gwen to get her own daughter for herself (I doubt that would work, but that doesn't stop someone from trying).