I am not the stereotypical, weeping or terrified victim of bullying shown in pictures that are meant to raise awareness about bullying. Being bullied does not affect my self-esteem. It does make me angry, because it gets in the way of my being able to do things that I want to do and that I have the right to do.
I think that sexist beliefs about how a "normal" woman would react to being bullied for six years in a row have something to do with the bullying continuing for all of that time. I'm not begging anyone to make it stop; I am telling the bullies to LEAVE ME ALONE!
That I can't make it stop makes me feel bad much of the time; that's not the same thing as believing anything that the conglomerate says about me.
Copyright L. Kochman, February 5, 2016 @ 8:05 a.m.
