It´s Not Just Girls Play

Bullying has become a national epidemic. Although it was once considered a rite of passage; parents, and educators now see bullying as a behavior that is likely to produce emotional and social problems during the teen years and later in life for both the victim and the aggressor. Being a teenage bully can also be an indicator of future troubles. Bullying is a violation of human rights and is criminal, especially in cases when suicide is a result. State lawmakers are willing to criminalize bullying behavior. However, I believe that throwing bullies in jail might not be the best remedy. In doing so may not be effective in controlling the behavior of students or improve the school atmosphere. I believe both the bully's and the victim's parents

Madera High is an ordinary high school in a fairly small town of about 60,000 people. Although the usual picture of bullying portrayed in the media does not occur here, there are still other forms of bullying and harassment that happen often. Cyberbullying has become the new form of harassment that teens use to bully other students. Social media is now the platform bullies prefer to use rather than the physical confrontation that bullying used to be. Through recent years, it has become an epidemic that has taken over the internet and social networks. It has made it even harder for students to get away from the bully or the person harassing them. At Madera High the amount of bullying seen at school by other students and staff is fairly low,

This social issue has been in the spotlight for quite some time now and is the leading cause for students to miss school, become less social, cause self harm and even in some cases death. Bullying and harassment are commonly seen for the most part amongst teenagers who face issues at school, not only does this happen here in the United States, but in schools universally. ¨17% of American students report being bullied 2 to 3 times a month or more within a school semester¨ (Valerie). Although this is mostly seen among teens it can also happen between children and even adults. Bullying can occur everyday throughout Madera High School and no one would be able to acknowledge or stand up for the victim. Vice Principals at MHS have said that more

Teens do not realize the harm they are causing each other. “1 in 7 Students in Grades K-12 is either a bully or a victim of bullying” (Statistics). Those who are bullied can develop depression and anxiety. These issues, without resolution, can progress into adulthood, or even lead to suicidal thoughts and actions. These teens will have a decrease in extracurricular activities, such as sports, and begin to have lower GPA’s (Stop Bullying). Those who bully can grow up abusing alcohol and other drugs. These teens have a higher dropout rate, and are more likely to fight and be a part of petty crimes such as vandalizing property. Bullies can have lasting effects that follow them into adulthood such as abusive relationship with wife, spouse, and kids (Stop Bullying). “56% of students have personally witnessed some type of bullying at school”

One of every seven kids from primary school to high school has either been a bully or a victim. An estimated number of 160,000 kids of all ages miss school daily because of bullying (makebeatsnotbeatsdown.org). Teen activists want to put an end to bullying because of: low self-esteem, negative and suicidal thoughts, and abuse. Except, what then happens to the bully? The bully: gets off with a warning - which cannot be good enough sometimes, the bully could also come back and continue to bully the victim, finally there can also be consequences.

For girls being a victim of a violent crime was an over 10-fold risk factor for being a bully-victim.” Also, “Girls were more likely to be bullies than boys,” after witnessing a violent crime such as domestic violence. To wrap the results up, “Being a victim of a violent crime outside home and physical abuse by parents at home, girls were significantly more often bully-victims than boys.” (Mustanja, Luukkonen, Hakko, Rasanen, Saavala, Riala 495)

The author begins by exploring the generational impact bullying has on young girls. Bullying has been going on for generations, thus leading to mothers and teachers who were victims or bullies themselves. Which can lead to the protective women in their lives being unable to appropriately offer advice or intervene when facing a female bullying situation in the younger generation.

Most girls bullied as young kids, remember it for the rest of their life. However, Rachel Simmons not only remembered it, she decided to find out why it happened. Simmons found that not many people study the way girls bully each other, so she did just that. She wrote a book that discusses how girls bully, why they bully, and how to help. The goal of her writing this book seems not to be able to end bullying, but to be able to spread information. Before reading this book, most people would have had no idea about the different types of aggression, and how girls use these aggressions to bully one another. However, after reading the book, any reader would have much more knowledge on the topic of bullying.

The females in today's society are just as much bullies as the men are. Standards of being perfect in today’s world are far too high for anyone to meet. Therefor all the girls take out their imperfections on each other. Girls being too mean to each other can lead to an increase in teen depression and suicide rates. However some may argue that girls being mean to each is a part of life and will simply build character. Girls are too mean to each other.

From 10%-27% of students are bullied at school, elevating to a whopping 75% on some campuses, (Wallace 2007). The National Education Association reported that as many as 160,000 or more students miss school because of relational aggression behavior. Researchers characterize relational aggression as a type of social violence that can escalate into physical violence so intense that suicide is a consideration to escape the never ending barrage of meanness. Expending an extraordinary amount of energy, aggressor and aggresse continually worry about the negative communication traveling up and down the halls of the school to the gym locker room and to the bus. Many movies and novels have been written for entertainment on relational aggression stressing in humor the social deficit of the victimized teens. Thru the movies and novels the storylines are proof that girls are regularly the victims and

These kids are more likely to be violent adults, have criminal convictions, and be involved in abusive relationships. By hurting others, these kids are doing themselves no favour. Often, this behaviour is caused because the bullies are “popular” and would like it to stay that way. They pick on other kids to assert dominance or impress their squad. This theory has been supported by a four-and-a-half-year-long study involving nineteen middle and high schools. According to many, bullies are horrible people who are jealous, angry, or hurt. As it turns out, these kids might be their own victims. Hurting others constantly creates a pattern, a habit. Habits are never easy to break. These so-called bullies deserve just as much help and attention as victims do. If they don’t, there’s a good chance they’ll ruin their

In today’s world bullying is a significant problem not only affecting America but the whole world. If you believed it was hard for you to go to school when you were young you won’t believe how much harder it is to be a teenager today. The movie “Mean Girls” is a valuable movie because, although in a comedic sense it offers an insight into the bullying aspects of high school and how it affects teen girls. The viscous cycle of rumors not fitting in and doing anything and everything to fit in along with the emotional scars that bullying leaves behind.

Bullying is a widely known topic around the world. It can range from simple teasing to downright cruel beatings and death threats. We hear lot about it but despite the growing recognition of the problem it still occurs. In sadder cases instead of teens and children being able to move past these problems to grow and mature, it can lead to more tragic events. Bullying can attribute to things such as the Columbine shooting and many instances of teen suicide. As time has gone by and children and teens have become consumed by social media, it has gone on to represent an integral part of life. With life comes drama and it’s been has been ported too this new platform. This includes bullying and cruelty. Bullying and teen cruelty have consequences for its action and children and teens need to be aware of that.

I found this section quite interesting, actually. It really opened my eyes to how the different genders are raised and taught to be. From kindergarten, girls are praised for being quiet, cooperative, and submissive whereas boys are expected to be loud and superior. Girls are encouraged to play with toys that are more feminine like dolls, kitchen sets, and art sets while boys are encouraged to play with blocks and weapons such as balls, toy guns, and swords. It’s even been observed that even when the boys play with the more feminine toys, they play with them differently than the girls do by pulling the heads off of dolls or using toy silverware as swords during play sword fights. It’s even been seen that they would use the dolls in “damsels in distress” situations. Now these facts aren’t saying that girls don’t participate in the occasional game of kickball or the play fights or that the boys don’t play house or color, because that does happen. But more often than not, you will observe the normal gender activities being portrayed.

Granted, bullying is not new. But now rumors, gossip, and slander can travel much farther and infinitely faster. It often gets far nastier too. In some cases, cell phones with a built-in camera have been used to take rude and potentially embarrassing photographs and videos, perhaps in a school locker room or shower. These images have then been placed on the social networks and visible to any number of eager spectators. Research done by the Cyberbullying Research Centre argues that cyberbullying “can be more detrimental to youth because” of the easy accessibility of social networks, the helplessness of the victims and anonymity of the bullies (Hinduja & Patchin, 2009). Further highlighted by the research is the “strain, frustration, depression, and anxiety” experienced by the victims. Doubtless, this issue of cyberbullying is not the only risk adolescents are exposed to on social networks.