A Bullying Blog Carnival
At some point in our lives, we’ve all fallen under the predatory gaze of a bully. Maybe you’ve suffered some verbal harassment or minor physical abuse. Or, if yours was a severe case, you may have been physically and emotionally crippled. Hopefully, you managed to learn something from the experience. Will you share it with us?
How have you dealt with bullying and social dominance rituals, at school, in the workplace, or elsewhere? Were your responses effective? Do you have any prevention tips for the rest of us? I invite you to write a comment below—or a post on your own blog—about your bullying and harassment trials.
Two weeks from now, I’ll write up a summary of your stories and strategies (with links to your blogs). Thanks for your participation.
Loading ...
8 responses so far ↓
1 Thomas // Nov 9, 2007
I was bullied a bit when I was a kid, and I can’t really say that anything helped or solved the problems long term. Yeah, you could tell the teacher, but never did that end up enacting real change. Try standing up for yourself, and they’ll often come back with superior numbers. Ignoring them doesn’t make them go away, either.
I guess the best way that worked for me was to develop a sense of humor. Joking along with them made me a bit more amiable, especially if I deflected heat onto someone else. I don’t know if this is the most socially or ethically acceptable solution, however.
2 carl // Nov 10, 2007
I know how it feels being only 5′5” and being skinny doesn’t help, in school I took up football and played tackle thats when I realized I could hit these guys who picked on me legally and it felt good. I even hit harder and harder every time that I got to skrimage then I left school joined the Navy it happened there also but not as much, now I’m in the martial arts and I just let roll off of me and just laugh it off and keep going what a change the martial arts have made.
3 therapydoc // Nov 10, 2007
I wish I’d known about it. I think I have something on my sidebar about this (but might have taken it down). Anyway, this is a nice blog you have here. Keep up the great work.
4 Female Therapy // Nov 13, 2007
hi, I have just posted a Blog today called ‘Who let the dogs out’. It is about minority bullying within the gay community. It is light hearted as that is how I approach subjects, but hopefully you’ll find it interesting. I think what you are doing is a good thing and I look forward to hearing more about it. I have included one paragraph from the blog below.
‘I had a friend who was a serial bully. She was devious and manipulative and would intentionally seek the emotionally needy to work her magic on. She had a split personality that fooled even the most intelligent. Her technique was to make you a nice home-cooked meal one night then sleep with your date the next. When being the brunt of her jokes affected my life and self esteem I walked away. Yes, she did what all child bullies do, she spread rumours and turned friends against me. She still has her pack, they sit in bars looking intimidating and bitching about those they are jealous of…..
5 isabella mori // Dec 16, 2007
what a great idea! and when it’s done, maybe you can contribute it to the carnival of sexual violence, i think that would be a great addition.
6 Ian Muiruri // Mar 25, 2008
I’ve been bullied by a guy who’s 5 ft. and 5 inches tall in school but I’m only 5 ft. 2 i. tall and I can’t fight how will ideal with him since I’m short.
Bully for You | Monkeyboy // Nov 15, 2007
[…] Over at Martial Development, Chris asked people to think about how they’ve experienced bullying. […]
Bullying and Harassment Prevention Tips // Nov 25, 2007
[…] weeks ago, I asked Martial Development readers to share their bullying and harassment stories. Here are the […]
Leave a Comment