{"id":1058,"date":"2016-10-05T08:39:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T13:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2016-10-05T08:39:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T13:39:55","slug":"you-cant-sit-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/trot\/2016\/10\/05\/you-cant-sit-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cYou Can\u2019t Sit with Us\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new anti-bullying emoji.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Fans of the movie <\/span>Mean Girls<\/span><\/i> will vividly recall the scenes when Regina George\u2019s friends banish her from the lunch table for wearing sweatpants and when she distributes the hurtful pages of the \u201cBurn Book\u201d through the halls of the school. Other movies such as <\/span>Heathers<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>Carrie<\/span><\/i>, and <\/span>Dazed and Confused<\/span><\/i> portray how kids at school can be cruel. However, there are some new measures being taken to curb bullying, both in person and online. A\u00a0<\/span>new app<\/span><\/a> aimed to help bullied students find a friendly place to sit in the cafeteria has launched just in time for <\/span>National Bullying Prevention Month<\/span><\/a>. And there is also a new emoji<\/a> you can use when you witness bullying online.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is estimated that over 3 million, or 30%, of middle and high school students experience bullying each year. \u00a0Not surprisingly, Nansel and colleagues find that poor relationships with classmates and loneliness are associated with being bullied. Research from Miller shows that much of what teen girls call \u201cdrama\u201d is actually bullying, although they tend to understand it as a regular part of life rather than bullying. \u00a0Girls\u2019 bullying behavior is more likely to involve spreading sexual rumors, slut-shaming, and dishing out homophobic labels and is less likely to involve physical violence. <\/span><\/h5>\n