Boys TWICE as likely as girls 'to be bullied about sexual orientation'

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[–]mvmlego 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

if boys are bullying other boys... then I see this as a male problem

That may be true, but it's not particularly important. Regardless of who's perpetrating the bullying, it's good for school faculty, guidance counselors, and administrative staff (including the women in each of those roles) to be aware that boys are particularly at risk for being targeted by sexual orientation-related bullying.

[–]censorshipment 13 insightful - 6 fun13 insightful - 5 fun14 insightful - 6 fun -  (3 children)

I disagree. Let men handle it.

[–]oofreesouloo⚡super lesbian⚡ 19 insightful - 2 fun19 insightful - 1 fun20 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Agreed. Men should start change attitudes and take responsability for their actions and let women take a break for constantly trying to "cover" the bs that it's mostly caused by men

[–]BonesRedsMy pronouns are Yu/Gi/Oh! 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

While I agree that men should start to focus on improving attitudes towards groups that are different than them, that's both a human problem and a tremendous undertaking. I think it would be irresponsible to let gay men take care of it themselves, just as I think it would be irresponsible for gay men to let us lesbians handle the predatory MtFs ourselves. I don't see why we can't help each other in these issues.

[–]oofreesouloo⚡super lesbian⚡ 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

We can help each other. But until men don't realise how harmful their actions can be and take responsability, things won't ever get better.