South African FM: ‘Patronizing bullying’ not acceptable
#UnitedStates #SouthAfrica #patronizing #bullying #punishment
#bullying
Zelensky Threatens Russian Journalists --- plus response from Maria Zakharova (from Russia's MFA)
[…] #Mobbing verändert einen so tiefgreifend, dass man später wahnsinnig viel wieder verlernen muss. Wenn man jeden Tag lang gehänselt, verspottet und mit Schimpfnamen bedacht wird, zermürbt einen das unweigerlich. Noch dazu, wenn man ohnehin massive Scham empfindet. Am Ende muss nicht mal mehr jemand etwas sagen und man spürt die Verachtung dennoch. […] Würde ich heute einen solchen Moment schildern, würde sich die betreffende Person wahrscheinlich gar nicht erinnern. Denn es bedeutete damals nichts für sie. Ich würde gerne glauben, dass sie es heute bereuen. […]
https://www.esquire.de/news/gesellschaft/elliot-page-umbrella-academy-interview
#Gesellschaft #Othering #Trans #Bullying #PsychischeGewalt #Hass
Time heals all wounds...and wounds all heels.
#broken #bullying #double-jointed #fingers #healed
Originally posted at: https://jahangiri.us/2020/dont-worry-itll-heal/
Sigh... Imagine there's a book fair with several exhibits, among them an author who received a prize for her children's book illustrations. And suddenly someone demands from the organizers that said author must not display her home country at her booth and instead has to write another country.
This happened in Italy, where the PRC embassy pressured first the organizers and then the local government to list an author's home country as "China", not "Taiwan". Since the government gave in and pressured the organizers, they decided not to make a kneefall like Lufthansa and instead removed all country labels.
An Italian MP (member of the Italy-Taiwan Parliamentary Friendship Group - the German parliament has a similar nonpartisan group) later demanded to reinstate the Taiwan label. I don't think though that is going to happen...
But remind me please: Who said before and during the Olympics that the games shouldn't be "politicized"?
#Taiwan #China #bullying
How to bully-proof your kids for life | Bullying | The Guardian
Arm your kids with the right tools, and you’ll empower them against bullies – and stop them becoming one themselves
● NEWS ● #TimesHigherEducation ☞ #WhiteHouse #science adviser Lander quits over #bullying claims https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/white-house-science-adviser-lander-quits-over-bullying-claims "calling them names, disparaging them, embarrassing them in front of their peers, laughing at them"
‘It’s so normalised you think it’s part of your job’: the woman who lifted the lid on harassment in TV | Television | The Guardian
Dawn Elrick set up an Instagram account for women to share their stories of workplace abuse and bullying in TV and film – and she has been inundated
While we're (well, some of us) are waiting for series 2 of The Morning Show, it appears that things are still just as bad, and not getting better.
#Entertainment #TV #television #video #film #movies #abuse #bullying #SexualHarassment #MeToo
Bullies often make people feel worthless: as if they had no value. [...] The most important thing to remember is that your worth is never determined by what others think of you (good or bad), especially not if your evidence for such an undermining self-opinion comes from the opinion of someone who bullied you.
--- From Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness by Gillian Butler
#bullying #anxiety #SocialAnxiety #shyness #GillianButler #quote #MentalHealth
It is surprising how many people with warm hearts and sensitive reactions, who develop ways of hiding their reactions in case they get picked on, come over as distant and cold when they feel nervous in company.
--- From Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness by Gillian Butler
#bullying #anxiety #SocialAnxiety #shyness #GillianButler #quote #MentalHealth
Bullies often feel extremely vulnerable themselves, and may not be well supported by the people around them. Their primitive need for acceptance and approval is often - though not necessarily - based on a potent sense of their own inadequacy or isolation. They may feel inferior and vulnerable too, and only have recourse to the more primitive ways of dealing with these feelings. They often pick on people who threaten them in some way, for example by being cleverer, or more competent, or more acceptable.
#bullying #anxiety #SocialAnxiety #shyness #GillianButler #quote #MentalHealth
Bullying and social anxiety
Social anxiety focuses on the fear of being evaluated or judged: on the fear of doing something that will be humiliating or embarrassing; and bullies evaluate and judge their victims, and openly humiliate and embarrass them. It is hardly surprising that bullying can sometimes exacerbate social anxiety, and make it difficult to fight against it.
--- From Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness by Gillian Butler
#bullying #anxiety #SocialAnxiety #shyness #GillianButler #quote #MentalHealth
Their [victims of severe bullying] waking life may be dominated by a sense of dread, constantly keeping one the look out for 'dangerous' situations, by thoughts about what might happen next, and by memories or images of recent distressing experiences. Disturbing dreams may prevent them sleeping at night. Their daily behavior will be a product of all these experiences, which seriously interfere with their ability to do the things they wish to do, in the ways that they otherwise would.
— From Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness by Gillian Butler
#bullying #anxiety #SocialAnxiety #shyness #GillianButler #quote #MentalHealth
[Bullying] involves many different kinds of language and behavior. What makes any of these bullying behavior is the intention to control or exclude people [...] It works by making use of intimidation and humiliation.
--- From Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness by Gillian Butler
#bullying #intimidation #humiliation #anxiety #SocialAnxiety #shyness #GillianButler #quote #MentalHealth
Bullying is described in many books as 'primitive' behavior. What is meant by this is that it is often motivated by an almost instinctive desire to mask one's own vulnerability by controlling other people. If you are top dog, then you will be able to get your own way and other people are less likely to attack you.
--- From Overcoming Social Anxiety and Shyness by Gillian Butler
#bullying #anxiety #SocialAnxiety #shyness #GillianButler #quote #MentalHealth