http://www.mayeuxresearch.com/2008/03/14/girls-never-cornered-the-market-on-mean/ Research in peers, popularity and developmental psychology Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:30:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.mayeuxresearch.com/2008/03/14/girls-never-cornered-the-market-on-mean/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Sophie Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:42:18 +0000 http://www.mayeuxresearch.com/2008/03/14/girls-never-cornered-the-market-on-mean/#comment-20 Fascinating and kind of disturbing--the idea that cruelty may be a necessary part of growing up. Your theory about anti-bullying programs bringing out relational aggression sounds right to me. Maybe bullying teaches us to recognize bullying, and how to stand up for ourselves. Maybe it actually is one of the ways we develop empathy. Fascinating and kind of disturbing–the idea that cruelty may be a necessary part of growing up. Your theory about anti-bullying programs bringing out relational aggression sounds right to me.
Maybe bullying teaches us to recognize bullying, and how to stand up for ourselves. Maybe it actually is one of the ways we develop empathy.

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