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Help[Opinions] Re: I think I'm going to beat up the next person who says a kid will get beat up for their name.
in reply to a message by Rachel Shaina
I've seen boys with girl names get picked on and teased. Yes, solely for having a girl name. The ones that are actually beaten up usually have other social issues. I've even used my name nerdiness to come to the rescue of a few of them....not that there is a big gang of kids surrounding them, but comments being made about them having a girl name.
It's usually from names that used to be solely male and have started being used as feminine names (Morgan, Addison, Kelly, Rene, Dana, etc). Because I'm a name nerd, I've talked to kids about this numerous times. The boys usually tell me that their moms had no idea that their name was starting to be used for girls when they were born and named...
It's usually from names that used to be solely male and have started being used as feminine names (Morgan, Addison, Kelly, Rene, Dana, etc). Because I'm a name nerd, I've talked to kids about this numerous times. The boys usually tell me that their moms had no idea that their name was starting to be used for girls when they were born and named...
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My boyfriend's name is Taylor, and he was born during a time when it was more popular for girls than for boys. As far as I know, he was never teased about it, aside from maybe a bit of good-natured ribbing from some friends. He just wasn't the type of kid who got teased, especially in middle school and high school.
On the other hand, my name is Megan - which was like #10 or #11 the year I was born - and I got teased about it, but I was not very popular and got teased a lot anyway.
I even knew a guy named Carroll in elementary school, and he was really popular and no one dared give him a hard time. I also remember a guy named Kelly running for office in school one year and winning.
A name can give kids ammunition, sure, but so can freckles or glasses or weight or being socially awkward or religion or any number of things.
On the other hand, my name is Megan - which was like #10 or #11 the year I was born - and I got teased about it, but I was not very popular and got teased a lot anyway.
I even knew a guy named Carroll in elementary school, and he was really popular and no one dared give him a hard time. I also remember a guy named Kelly running for office in school one year and winning.
A name can give kids ammunition, sure, but so can freckles or glasses or weight or being socially awkward or religion or any number of things.
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I was a high school student for four years and all the Morgans and Ashleys and whatevers I knew were perfectly fine
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So Kelci isn't being beaten up for his name, but he might get teased. There's a biiig difference to me.
And I still don't think it happens all that frequently, or at least, not with the severity that people seem to imply, where the child is completely miserable and their childhood is ruined.
I'm still sure that the child's attitude is going to play a huge role. Because if I'm a bully, I'm going to pick on Kelci even more if he just gets upset when I call him a girl. If he's like "Haha, yep, whatever bro", I'm probably not going to persist.
And I still don't think it happens all that frequently, or at least, not with the severity that people seem to imply, where the child is completely miserable and their childhood is ruined.
I'm still sure that the child's attitude is going to play a huge role. Because if I'm a bully, I'm going to pick on Kelci even more if he just gets upset when I call him a girl. If he's like "Haha, yep, whatever bro", I'm probably not going to persist.
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Exactly - it's all in the response and attitude that you have. If you wear your name with confidence then I don't think it happens to the same degree.
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