Teenage girl bullying - over clothes.

[DG]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 4:37pm

This article is about the increase in 'bullying' being seen by girls over clothing. Apparently, not having the right clothes is becoming dangerous.

And in the article, they quote various 'experts' as to why this is occurring - blaming the media, amongst other things. But nowhere is it suggested that these bullies PARENTS are they ones who create these little monsters by buying them all this crap, and substantiating the materialism. And I would venture to guess that much (if not most) of that buying is done to assuage the guilt they feel over not participating in their children's lives.
Wall Street Journal article.

[robbiej]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 4:42pm

Although this kind of bullying may be on the rise, it certainly was prevalent when I was going to elementary and high schools in the 80's and early 90's.

[DG]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 4:46pm

I think it's always been there, Robbie - it just now gets much attention by those who like to protect us from ourselves.

Give me thirty seconds with the little Bitches - the bullying will stop.

[robbiej]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 4:47pm

Fact is, if I ever behaved that way, my mother would take off her shoe and beat me with it. And I never would have behaved that way again.

But I must tell you...I've recently started a second job in the service industry (not THAT kind of service) and I've just started to realize where the so-called 'Entitlement Generation' learned it all from.

[CJR]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 4:54pm

This is one of the many reasons why my parents sent me to a private catholic school. When you're wearing a uniform, everyone looks exactly the same and -- clothing wise -- there's nothing to tease anyone over. Even our shoes, socks and sweaters had to be on the approved list. Gym and recess? We had sweats, shorts and tee shirts with the school logo printed on them.

Updated On: 10/25/07 at 04:54 PM

[Calvin]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 4:57pm

Thanks heavens as adults we never have to deal with this anymore!

[Jane2]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 5:03pm

Oh yeah, Calvin? When I saw you the other night I could have sworn you were wearing K Mart sneakers!

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 5:04pm

I find it a bit odd the girl they chose as an example is being bullied for wearing really expensive designer clothes and not the cheap mall crap. 99% of the time, it's the other way around.

Updated On: 10/25/07 at 05:04 PM

[robbiej]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 5:05pm

I actually went to a Catholic school that had a 'dress code' instead of a uniform. Now...this was 88-92 and the 'popular boys'...the ones that drove IROCS and gelled their hair into oblivion (you think the Gotti boys invented that look??) all wore Cavaricci pants. They were the most God awful, pleated, corseted, puffy bottomed kinda pants you could imagine. I absolutely refused and was therefor ostracized and considered 'poor'.

[Calvin]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 5:06pm

*sob* K-Mart? I wish. Those were from the K-Mart outlet in Pennsauken.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 5:07pm

So Robbie you were the Carrie White of your school?

[robbiej]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 5:14pm

Oh...it wasn't THAT bad. I mean...I was the big fag of the school (well...one of two). But I was a part of a power-wielding group, so that shielded me a bit.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 5:24pm

you're sucha brick pig Robbie

[robbiej]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 5:26pm

My brick pig stares at me every time I look at internet porn.

I think Joyce would want it that way.

[Broadwayboobs]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 5:33pm

You make Joyce very proud

[justagirl2]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 5:38pm

This still happens in college. I go to one of the preppiest universities in existence, where girls go to class in dresses and heels. It's unbelievable, the looks I get sometimes just because I don't own a Northface jacket, or think Uggs are, in fact, ugly as sin and thus prefer my adorable J. Crew winter boots.

[robbiej]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 5:40pm

I'm sorry, but if girls are still wearing UGGS and thinking they're 'in', the prissy girls you go to school with are so out of touch you should feel free to openly judge them.

[justagirl2]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 5:44pm

EXACTLY MY POINT! Thank you! I always want to ask them if they really think they're fashionable, since they all dress exactly the same. Isn't the total opposite of fashion? Alas, these are the girls that get completely decked out for parties, and then stand on the lawns outside houses, completely wasted and annoying as hell. Not classy, ladies, regardless of whether you wear pearls or not.

[robbiej]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 5:46pm

Lemme guess...they still use pashmina's to stave off the chill.

[kate2]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 7:06pm

Justagirl, I feel the same way about Uggs and Northface! My best friend and I just started college in September, and for high school graduation my friend asked for a Northface jacket (after telling me how frumpy they are). So I told her "Oh, I thought they were ugly?!" and she told me "Well, that's what everybody wears at my school." Everyone at my school wears Northface and Uggs, but that doesn't mean I have to! I like wearing my dresses and wild shoes to class. I actually joined a facebook group called "I don't care how comfortable Uggs are, they look like dead squirrels" I hate that most girls are afraid to wear what they like and not what other people like!

[orangeskittles]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 7:20pm

Not to mention the fact that Uggs were the "cutting edge" of fashion four years ago.

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 7:22pm

i love my college... i never feel like i'm not dressed right until i leave campus and go off into the real world...

"oh ****! you mean not everyone wears those free t-shirts from the student center and a bathrobe out in public?"

[misschung]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 7:25pm

This is one of the many reasons why my parents sent me to a private catholic school. When you're wearing a uniform, everyone looks exactly the same and -- clothing wise -- there's nothing to tease anyone over.

I think that's only true when you literally have to buy all your articles of clothing from the same company. Otherwise, there's still wiggle room. Polo shirts? Lands End, Polo, or Lacoste? Shoes? Juicy or Easy Spirit? And let's not forget jewelry. People will always find something qualitative to argue over.


YOU CANT SIT WITH US!

[One Song Glory]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 7:39pm

I get a lot of crap from other people about what I wear. I dress very boyishly, and no brand names. People at school ask me all the time "Why do you dress like a dude?" and stuff. But whatever, it never bothers me.

[shira467]

Posted: 10/25/07 at 8:31pm

I was (and still am) the fat kid (SHUT UP DG), so I'm learning about fashion, and starting to dress better, if not fashionably.

I teach 6th Graders, and one of my girls saw my shoes and said "Hey Shira, I saw those shoes at the store -- they're cute". She wouldn't DARE admit she was shopping at *whispers* Payless.

I grew up with the kids of Marciano and other VERY preppy and rich kids. I wasn't teased, but I sure longed to look like they did and wear what they did. I still do.

However, BULLYING? That's just pushing it, people.

WHERE THE FVCK ARE THEIR PARENTS?!?!?!