Such s well written piece about the huge elephant that seems to permanently sit in m many women’s front rooms. It seems the nicer you are the more of a target you become . And isn’t thst a terrible thing!
It can be so hard snd confusing to understand the behaviour of mean girls because it’s behaviour most of us would never engage in. It leaves you shaking your head and doubting yourself with a resounding feeling of ... “ what?!”
As a high school teacher I see this way too often and, as you said, the ramifications it has on the mental health and feeling of self-worth of the bullied stretches well into adulthood. Mean girls are just plain awful
Interesting and thought provoking article Nina. I don’t have any strong views on the topic of mean girls, but it does make you think what the motivation behind this kind of behaviour is. It is jealously, insecurity, competition or is it FOPO (Fear of People’s Opinions) of you? Whatever the driver is, I think it’s a sad fact that they feel the need to act this way. For me I see it as a power struggle in the little group. If they can get everyone to side with them it must give them some kind of ego boost.
I kind of think it could be down to their own insecurities. I didn’t think that way when I was younger, but with age and wisdom I’ve realized people project a lot of their own trauma on others.
Such s well written piece about the huge elephant that seems to permanently sit in m many women’s front rooms. It seems the nicer you are the more of a target you become . And isn’t thst a terrible thing!
It can be so hard snd confusing to understand the behaviour of mean girls because it’s behaviour most of us would never engage in. It leaves you shaking your head and doubting yourself with a resounding feeling of ... “ what?!”
As a high school teacher I see this way too often and, as you said, the ramifications it has on the mental health and feeling of self-worth of the bullied stretches well into adulthood. Mean girls are just plain awful
It really is awful. It’s frustrates me more when I see it happening to impressionable women.
Interesting and thought provoking article Nina. I don’t have any strong views on the topic of mean girls, but it does make you think what the motivation behind this kind of behaviour is. It is jealously, insecurity, competition or is it FOPO (Fear of People’s Opinions) of you? Whatever the driver is, I think it’s a sad fact that they feel the need to act this way. For me I see it as a power struggle in the little group. If they can get everyone to side with them it must give them some kind of ego boost.
I kind of think it could be down to their own insecurities. I didn’t think that way when I was younger, but with age and wisdom I’ve realized people project a lot of their own trauma on others.