[Kriggerel]

As a GenXer and child of the Seventies, I can’t help but roll my eyes whenever I hear people going on about how their precious fee-fees were hurt by being ‘fat-shamed’ or ‘slut-shamed’ or any other kind of ‘shamed’.

Not when I still have vivid memories of growing up in a school, where there were only two types of boys. You were either a jock (who were the alpha and beta males of the school wolf pack), or you were automatically (and irrevocably) branded as a “faggot”. Didn’t matter what your actual orientation was (assuming you even *KNEW* at that age to begin with). If you ranked lower than beta, you were a “faggot”, and you would be treated accordingly.
You either learned how to physically defend yourself early on, or you paid the price. “Shaming” was the LEAST part of that price.

[sauropod]

Yes, you are correct. That is the way I grew up.

This was in a public school system.

[a fool in paradise]

Bullying still goes on.
Wear glasses?
Wear braces?
Fat?
Skinny?
Wromg brand clothing?
Homemade clothing?

But certain self-identities (even those deliberately designed to be attention seeking) are “protected”.

#BanBullying certainly hasn’t been equally applied

[Ouderkirk]

In my HS it was the jocks and the stoners.

There were the alphas and betas in each group. Then there were the dorks who were the no-names and were essentially invisible

[Impala64ssa]

branded as a “faggot”. Didn’t matter what your actual orientation was (assuming you even *KNEW* at that age to begin with).
In one of George Carlin's old routines, when he talks about growing up Irish Catholic in NOO YAWK he mentioned that. A fag didn't necessarily mean homosexual, he was generally the guy too chicken to join the rest of the gang to create mischief. "AHH, he's a big fag, go on home ya big fag!"