Big Bad Bully By Hara Estroff Marano - 1764 Words

In the article Big Bad Bully, the author, Hara Estroff Marano describes that â€Å"the one most hurt by bullying is the bully himself† even if at first it is not obvious. Marano claims that the aggression of a bully starts at an early age. The aggression can be physical such as hitting, kicking, and punching or the aggression can be verbal such as name calling, threats, and insults. As Marano writes, â€Å"Bullying causes a great deal of misery to others, and its effect on victims last for decades, perhaps even a lifetime.† Some people don t believe that bullying is such a big issue in the world, they think it s just ‘boys acting like boys’ or ‘girls being girls’. However, when a bully is around they are the ones that draw the line and decide what is fun and what is a gesture that is â€Å"intentionally hostile.† A bully is a bully because they get what they want which gives them power; power which enables them to only see the good it br ings them and not others. The ways in which a child bullies someone else greatly depends on their gender. When boys bully it’s more of a physical aggression which includes pushing, shoving, hitting and kicking. However, when girls bully others, they hurt others through damaging their relationships and self worth with words. Girls who are bullies tend to spread rumors about other people so that people will reject that person and view them as strange. Girls who are bullies also control a person by social exclusions, for example, one can say, â€Å"you cant