I know that everyone seems to love Mean Girls, but am I the only one who seems to think that the movie glamorizes bullying and trivializes its effects?
Agreed. Boys are raised much softer nowadays moreso than a century or even half a century ago. Last year my school had a community service day, and instead of coming to school ready to work, they took the opportunity (since we were out of uniform that day) to try to come in looking fresh. I've never seen so many guys complain about getting their hands dirty. Even the girls were more compliant.
In my school tons of boys shave all their body, go tanning, use foundation, metrosexuals are starting to run the World
Amongst teenagers, words lead to fights. This I know because I see it everyday. If the kids who get bullied even remotely stood up for themselves verbally, one of the first things the bully would mention is a fight.
Amongst teenagers, words lead to fights. This I know because I see it everyday. If the kids who get bullied even remotely stood up for themselves verbally, one of the first things the bully would mention is a fight.
At least they stood up for themselves. Plus, why fight when you have ratchet relatives?
I do think bullying to some degree is a part of human nature. Its how pecking order is determined. You even see it in nature programmes amongst animals.
Kids are cruel nowadays. A lot of parents do a lousy jobs raising their children to be strong, good people. I think that's a huge factor, like many have said. There was definitely bullying going on when I was in K-12, but it's gotten so much worse. Not only bullying, but kids are drinking/doing drugs/having sex more and at a way younger age
I swear that when I have kids im going to tell them that it anyone bullies you to fight back...I won't get mad if they get in trouble with the school because I know they did the right thing
That's what I was always told by my parents and I was able to know when is right to use my fist and when not
Parenting probably. They're either not around, or they spoil their kids.
Jonah from Cheer at my school has basically been in cheer his whole life and I feel like it's made him a bitch, even after I stopped liking like that.
His brother Jake though was always a great person to me, even after he supposedly find out I liked Jonah.
I think being around a lot of feminine bitchy cheerleaders made Jonah who he is. Jake played basketball so he had more guys around him. And I've been to their house so I mean, it's possible Jake became more down to earth and Jonah became more spoiled.
So that's one section. Everyone else pretty much covered the not being around part.
I also wanna add that when you have the internet in front of you, cyberbullying can be a huge issue too. Cyberbullying is what tore me apart when I was 15 and they would say all these really mean things. And it made me cry in bed. But I've healed incredibly since then.
I was bullied so badly in 6th grade that my parents ended up homeschooling me for 7th and 8th grade.
By the advice of one of my teachers, actually. Best thing that ever happened to me. I would've been a social wreck if I had stayed in that awful situation.