Children who bully others are more likely to grow up and abuse their wives and girlfriends.
Though it's not clear whether one type of violence directly leads to the other, children who bully others are more likely to grow up and abuse their wives and girlfriends.
Researchers surveyed 1,491 American men aged 18 to 35 years who visited three urban community health centres; 80 percent were black or Hispanic. More than 40 percent of the men said they'd bullied other kids as children, and 16 percent reported abusing the women in their lives in the past year. Of those who'd recently abused women, 38 percent said they'd frequently bullied others when they were children. By contrast, among men who had not been abusive in the past year, just 12 percent had been frequent bullies as children.
Only 36 percent of those who'd recently abused women said they'd never bullied others, compared with 64 percent of the other men. However, the study does not prove an actual connection between bully and domestic violence but rather shows that a possible link.
The study provides more evidence that bullying isn't just a fact of growing. On the contrary, it is a sign of the ways our culture creates such rigid boundaries of 'normal' masculinity - so rigid that being masculine is hard if not impossible to live up to - that many young men end up reacting to femininity and other forms of difference with violence. Bullying prevention often focuses on behaviour or individuals. We need to focus on creating cultures of respect and tolerance for difference.
Researchers surveyed 1,491 American men aged 18 to 35 years who visited three urban community health centres; 80 percent were black or Hispanic. More than 40 percent of the men said they'd bullied other kids as children, and 16 percent reported abusing the women in their lives in the past year. Of those who'd recently abused women, 38 percent said they'd frequently bullied others when they were children. By contrast, among men who had not been abusive in the past year, just 12 percent had been frequent bullies as children.
Only 36 percent of those who'd recently abused women said they'd never bullied others, compared with 64 percent of the other men. However, the study does not prove an actual connection between bully and domestic violence but rather shows that a possible link.
The study provides more evidence that bullying isn't just a fact of growing. On the contrary, it is a sign of the ways our culture creates such rigid boundaries of 'normal' masculinity - so rigid that being masculine is hard if not impossible to live up to - that many young men end up reacting to femininity and other forms of difference with violence. Bullying prevention often focuses on behaviour or individuals. We need to focus on creating cultures of respect and tolerance for difference.
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