Bullies & Manhood: Part II

I am in the 6th grade at Ben Fairless Elementary School in the fall of 1964. Given that this was only our second year in the school district, I couldn’t enjoy being in the eldest group of students in an elementary school the way I would have had we stayed in the country school. This [...]

Bullies & Manhood: Thoughts Part 1-and-a-half

I want to digress for a moment and ask a larger question. What function or purpose does bullying or bullies serve for the community or society?
Most cultures have their own ways of preparing boys for the hardships of life, a kind of toughening process. As this line of thought goes, through this toughening, when the [...]