The media coverage of bullying in high schools and such.
As someone who has been both the bully and the bullied before, it irks me to see them portray it as something so simple.
First, the idea that telling an adult will work.
Being in high school myself, I can easily tell you why it doesn't happen all of the time. The bully usually isn't threatening anyone if they tell. But what is the one thing about high school that the entire social ladder revolves around?
pride.
Basically, we are now at the age where telling an adult is the social equivalent of crying in a corner.
Another thing is the amount of things that get labeled as bullying.
Let me just point out the two times I was accused of bullying:
The first time, I admit that I pretty much was being a dick, the victim did nothing to me, but something about his optimistic attitude annoyed me, regardless I have sinced apologized, and did favors and such to make up. We are currently cool with each other.
The second time, I regret nothing of what I did? Why? Because the kids ( all in the same class
) I did it to were,
and to my knowledge still ARE dicks.
To list them: The douche who hits on a different girl every week, and tries to 'pick up chicks', yet whenever I make a slightly uncouth joke, he recoils and pretends he actually cares about more than their bodies.
The social justice warriors, they have no problem with insulting anyone who doesn't share their opinion, but god forbid someone makes a joke that would be offensive to a group if it were in the room. (To name one instance, I once made a ginger joke, one of them hit me on the shoulder because she was friends with someone who was ginger who was at the school the year before)
Another thing is that they have insulted me as many times as I have insulted them, but since my insults were better, everytime I make a comeback or a joke that isn't kindergarten appropriate. They scream to the teacher and leave out any bit of the story that doesn't make them look like innocent angels.
Thing is though, due to the 'controversy' of modern day bullying, in order to keep a good reputation.
The school blatantly disregards the side of the 'bully'.