Thursday, May 31, 2012

Bullying: Are We Getting it From the Media

hi everyone. so one of the biggest concerns nationwide is bullying. lately we been hearing children as young as 12 years old committing suicide because they are getting bullied. that is such a sad yet realistic fate unfortunately.

but here's my question? where do we get it? we have to learn it somewhere. i am not saying that media is truly at fault but is that where we got it? let's take the real housewives franchise. it such an addicting entertainment but we are watching episodes of women attacking each other from what they wear to their finacial lives.

recently in the news, the franchise The Real Housewives of Orange County, an episode of bullying was very evident. All the women decide to attack another woman calling her "fake" and "phony" but i'm sorry who gave them the right to create an intervention and degrade another woman. whatever happened to "woman power"? have they decided to throw that out the women for the sake of 15 minutes of fame? and what are they teaching their children: that it is ok to tell someone that and not realize that there could have been another way of saying it?

i understand that all this fighting is GREAT for tv and ratings. but is it worth for teaching younger generations that it is ok to belittle other people?

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