Taylor Alpaugh
COMM 160
March Blog Post
3/31/2017
Bullying being
around for decades, it wasn’t until 1999 that out of the 50 states of the U.S.,
Georgia was the first to pass school anti-bullying legislation. As technology advanced,
cyber bullying was recognized where young children would be bullied from their
very own device or profile on social media. It wasn’t until September 12th,
2013 that Republic Act No. 10627, entitled “An Act Requiring All Elementary And
Secondary Schools To Adopt Policies To Prevent And Address The Acts of Bullying
In Their Institutions” was signed by President Aquino, officially placing
executive imprimatur on the Bill passed by the 15th Congress (Marasigan, 2014). Since peer bullying was being
recognized, there was no light shed on bullying within the family. Growing up, siblings,
cousins, and so on tend to always fight with one another or simply, “be kids”,
therefore no thought is put on how the younger child is feeling and/or the
oldest.
A reading that had stuck out the
most was Family Bullies by Keith
Berry & Tony E. Adams. This reading addressed the bullying that takes place
within the home by other family members. A sentence that stood out was, “By
engaging autoethnographic narratives readers come into intimate and emotional contact
with issues of family communication, with the aim of documenting and living
more aware and meaningful cultural lives and showing some of the ways in which
public, cultural discourses inform private, personal experiences.” This sentence stood out because the authors clearly
address that this issue is needing to be recognized and by doing so, sharing
personal stories and putting them into the light instead of being hidden.
Families
being viewed as the ones who love each other the most, unconditionally, and
those who will be there for one another is a perfect example of Simulacra.
Defined as a representation or imitation of a person or thing. This article
highlights the fighting within families between siblings/cousins which can lead
to hurting typically the youngest mentally. Sadly, a friend of mine’s friend
had committed suicide only a few years ago, and my friend had recognized that
his friend who passed had been bullied by their older sibling since they were young.
Though it is unknown why the friend committed suicide, but after reading this
article it opened my eyes that sadly could have been a reason. Though media on
television shows recognize that siblings fight and mess with one another, they don’t
exactly shed light on what it could potentially lead to and make someone feel.
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