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If you ever observe a litter of puppies, they fight eachother constantly. The purpose of this is building fighting skills. The same thing happens with children
by JoeyBananas 4y ago
If you ever observe a litter of puppies, they fight eachother constantly. The purpose of this is building fighting skills. The same thing happens with children.
- colanderman 4y agoPlay is not the same as bullying. Picking on the vulnerable builds no skill of value.
- itsyaboi 4y agoTo play devil's advocate: If child A can verbally bully child B into giving them a cookie/lunch money/pokemon card, from their perspective its a valuable skill!
- musicale 4y agoIf bullying were not rewarding and/or enjoyable, fewer people would do it.
- amazon_illegal 4y ago
- DontchaKnowit 4y agoI think an argument can be made that it 1) toughens you up-you get used to being attacked and find ways to handle it and 2) can serve the same sort of purpose as hazing, where its some kinda test to see what youre made of in order to be accepted. I will day probably a vast majority of bullying does not fit either of these criteria and is just straight cold blooded meanness with no upside.
- musicale 4y ago> Picking on the vulnerable builds no skill of value. Picking on the vulnerable is an easy and effective way to raise and maintain your status in any social dominance hierarchy (which tend to emerge in most groups of more than a few humans.) It seems to be a primary qualification for "leadership" roles, including management and supervisory positions, teaching, coaching, public office, and law enforcement.
- amazon_illegal 4y ago