[ SECRET POST #6936 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6936 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

I've just never seen a fictional story that adequately portrays the real psychological horror of being bullied, all the little stuff that wounds deep yet you can't describe it to anyone without sounding like a crazy person.

Most movies/tv still seem hung up on the bully as the hulking sociopath who slams kids against lockers, not as the clean-cut egomaniacs who mostly utilize psychological warfare.

I think it's one of the reasons why schools, despite making a big deal about anti-bullying policies, still suck at addressing bullying. They're looking for the brute slamming kids against lockers, but most bullies are too smart for such obvious, crude cruelty. Most bullies I knew weren't psychos, but the kind of kids who know the system and rules inside and out and know how to manipulate things to their benefit.

Plus, while these policies promote the idea of "anyone can be bullied" which is technically true, anyone who's been in schools knows that certain kids are more likely to be bullied than other kids, kids who are queer or gender-nonconforming, kids who are neurodivergent or disabled, kids of color...isn't it a strange coincidence how kids who are constantly being bullied for being "weird" are also frequently members of groups long stigmatized and marginalized by the wider societal structure?

[philstar22]

Yup. I also see very little recognition in media that adults in schools can be bullies for kids too and that can be just as psychologically damaging. And that often the kids who are bullied get blamed for what they are experiencing.