I do not get it.
Not too many times do I hear about “calling out sissyness” and “defending the retarded” in the same culture.
I have not once witnessed kind consideration for retarded (or the like) from “kids” coupled with making fun of “normal” guys who go outside the norm. Usually there is zero compassion, period.
And guys are not the only ones who suffer from taunting. Seems everyone is focused on that.
Well first of all, I’m speaking about norms here, not extremes. I’m also speaking from what I know, and I’m not a girl so I’m not going to pretend to understand the process from the perspective of a teenage girl. I would suspect the process is the same, with different general subject matter. Lastly, if your peers stood around and let a mentally retarded student suffer at the hands of an actual bully, something went seriously wrong there. I don’t know a single person that would have stood by and watched that happen. this isn’t theory, this unfolded several times during my school years and there was a reason it didn’t happen more often... consequences. And I was just using that as an example in context with the thread... it could be the abnormally small kid getting beat up by someone 3 times his size, the same rules apply. In fact, my dad would have shamed me if he knew I allowed something like that to happen, it is part of my responsibility as a real man, not a passive, indifferent lemming. Some people may not like traditional roles, but I’m proud of mine. I like my convictions and I’m pretty stubborn about them. the only place my “manliness” does not serve me well is in the presence of my wife. I know when to to and what parts to suppress, it’s part of self-preservation. Nothing out of the ordinary, we all do it