2/3rds of all gay-identified youth in Britain suffer from being bullied, as revealed in a new study.

http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2007/06/26/5

Wow, big surprise there. NOT!

Got bullied A LOTTTT until I grew big enough in grade 5 to kick the ass of my bullies...

I had to hide after school exited by many different service entrances that I wasn't suppose to use because one or more bullies were waiting for me at the door about 2-3 days a week. They'd say they'd break my face, my legs, whatever else was breakable. Once they ran after me for 2 blocks, but I was always a fast runner. Got in at least 5-6 fights were I got punched out in grade 3-4.

I never really knew why they were after me. They did not throw insults too much. I often played elastics with the girls (I could jump over the elastics even when they were at forehead level!!) (but I was also pretty good at dodge ball) and was the teacher's pet with great grades which suppose made me a target.

The strange thing is in these days, if you weren't able to stand to a bully, YOU were to blame for being so weak, for not being able to take care of yourself! Even my mother said I should defend myself. That was in the mid to late 70's, not the dark ages!

Oh those were the days.

Quote from: Keira on June 28, 2007, 03:49:27 AM
The strange thing is in these days, if you weren't able to stand to a bully, YOU were to blame for being so weak, for not being able to take care of yourself! Even my mother said I should defend myself. That was in the mid to late 70's, not the dark ages!

That's what my stepfather would say - it's my fault for being a target...

Karen

I was told to stand up for myself but it was not presented as being blamed for the harassment. Fortunately for me I was always taller than everyone else so there weren't too many confrontations, just the occasional verbal abuse over how I looked like or walked like a girl. Actual fights number when I was young were about three and all over stupid stuff.

The reason I was told to stand up for myself is because that there will not always be someone around to stand up for me. Now if I had gotten into fights all of the time, they would have come down on me for that but the one suspension I got for punching a jerk in the mouth during gym class was well received since I rarely did anything when confronted in such a manner. It was three days of hanging out at home, no punishment at all.