One of the "what would you do?"s we watched this week talked about bullying. When the experiment was done using teenage boys, it was very physical. However, when the experiment was done with teenage girls, the bullies taunted the girl with words. The experiment was conducted to find out if people would step in if they saw this going on.
After seeing this video, I think I will definitely step in the next time I see someone getting bullied. I know that if I do say something, it will make a difference, not only for the person getting bullied, but also the bullies themselves. Before I saw this video, I would not have normally stepped in into something like this unless it was my friend getting bullied. Now, however, I think I will have the courage to do so.
In the video, when the boys were physically bullying another boy, more people stepped in to stop this violence. However, when the girls were only using words to taunt their victim, less people stepped in than before. Just because the girls were only using words does not mean that the person getting bullied is hurt less. Actually, the victim, especially because she is a girl, will probably be affected for her entire life.
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