Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Bullying as a True Drama by Danah Boyd and Alice Marwick

Bullying is a serious problem in society especially among teens. In this article authors claim that teens would rather use the word drama then bullying. They say this because teens tend to use it as a "protective mechanism" It allows them to downplay a situation and put even a horrendous situation in a category with frivolous things. The word Drama makes it easier to just let these things happen. Bully's and those being bullied use the word drama to either try to hide the abuse or  hide the fact that they are abusing others.

The phrase "thats so gay" is used by many to describe things that are bad. But using gay in the homosexual term and turning into a negative. Is not ok its very disrespectful and hurtfull to many.

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