On 18 Apr 2004 at 15:26, BOROWIK LUCIENE wrote: > The violent side of the question is more about hating whoever is different > from whatever people expect. > > Why aren't pretty girls and boys usually abused by the other kids at school? > Why is it usually the girls and boys who are *different* that are constantly > attacked by their schoolmates? If memory serves right, there's a strong correlation between abusive behaviour in school children (ie. harassment of school mates) and a history of being abused themselves. Best, -- Torgeir Fjeld torgfje2@xxxxxxxxxx http://home.no.net/torgfje/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html