tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post4944054879353217718..comments2023-10-25T11:54:51.377-04:00Comments on Adventures in Estrogen: Hard Lessons & Broken RecordsLady Estrogenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13317661832390573264noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-27422054776112946012012-10-16T12:42:31.397-04:002012-10-16T12:42:31.397-04:00@Leighannn
It's totally satisfying, right? It...@Leighannn<br /><br />It's totally satisfying, right? It shouldn't be, but by fuck, it really is! LOLLady Estrogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13317661832390573264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-54840989457380073622012-10-16T12:12:48.349-04:002012-10-16T12:12:48.349-04:00Thank you for your brilliance and the perfect way ...Thank you for your brilliance and the perfect way you write. <br />Also? My favourite memory is when I physically got back at a male bully. Leighannnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049725790375843473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-38893211424932280732012-10-15T16:43:28.315-04:002012-10-15T16:43:28.315-04:00@Angel Shrout
I believe (although there's may...@Angel Shrout<br /><br />I believe (although there's may other reasons, like parents and the media) that most of it is learned from each other! Let's put hundreds of hormonal crazies in the same closed space for 4 years and see what happens. INSANITY, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.Lady Estrogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13317661832390573264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-66774105443961592852012-10-15T16:39:29.143-04:002012-10-15T16:39:29.143-04:00Like you I am sickened by the ease with which so m...Like you I am sickened by the ease with which so many of today's children turn on each other. Isn't life hard enough without us taking out our own?? Who the hell amoung us doesn't have something different, some little twitch we hope no one finds out about. What makes me even more sickened is the fact that they learn it somewhere, children do not just wake up bullies. That is a learned behavior. Angel Shrouthttp://singedwingangelspad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-55749478417621587722012-10-15T11:36:52.024-04:002012-10-15T11:36:52.024-04:00Good call on the punching. Good call on the punching. Kyla @ Mommys Weirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17266962465223972168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-16927317171518588402012-10-15T10:48:20.764-04:002012-10-15T10:48:20.764-04:00Good advice! Personally, I don't think there&#...Good advice! Personally, I don't think there's much hope in changing the bullies - unless you get lucky with a breakthrough of empathy. I also think there is a gap between being mean and being a bully. We've all been mean at one time or another - or been perceived that way even when we didn't intend to be cruel. (Apparently, my "blank, exhausted face" is a sneer. Who knew?) And it makes me uncomfortable when kids start naming every bad mood as bullying. My five year old came home and called his little sister a bully because she wouldn't give back his book. It kind of waters down the true bullying cases.<br /><br />That said, I think there's more power in helping kids who need encouragement to feel like they have control over the situation in an outward way. That's what I like about your advice. Not a fan of the punching in the face, myself, but I can see how it could be effective. Still, having worked in schools as well, we both know that the puncher would be punished for the physically aggressive act as well - and rightfully so. <br /><br />Anyway, I'm getting into nuances when all I really wanted to say was: Great List! And Hmmm. Whitney. Kristin @kdwaldhttp://www.mutterschwester.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-22172558197112916402012-10-15T09:37:49.144-04:002012-10-15T09:37:49.144-04:00@Azara
It's terrifying, for sure! I use to be...@Azara<br /><br />It's terrifying, for sure! I use to be thankful that I only had boys, but now I'm seeing more and more that the gender divide for this mess is closing in. So sad.<br /><br />@Lance<br /><br />Me too! Well, at least 1/2 of my book is dedicated to a few exes, for sure. *clears throat* But if it weren't for them shitting on my self esteem, I would never have wanted to write it, so for that, I thank them.Lady Estrogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13317661832390573264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-77818067320846767892012-10-15T05:47:49.044-04:002012-10-15T05:47:49.044-04:00I think I should dedicate a page..or a chapter in ...I think I should dedicate a page..or a chapter in my novel to my ex wife, a couple of other exes, and others who were evil to me in school.....<br /><br />Lancehttp://lancemyblogcanbeatupyourblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-33770666514576883732012-10-15T00:40:21.255-04:002012-10-15T00:40:21.255-04:00I'm dreading watching my daughter go through t...I'm dreading watching my daughter go through this bullshit and she's only 2. I was suicidal at 10 from bullying and I'm afraid of what I might do if my daughter is subjected to the same thing. I'm still not able to really be calm or rational about it. And I agree with you - it would be equally terrible if she was the one doing the bullying. Ugh. Why is the world so fucked up?Azarahttp://inthetesseract.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com