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[–] conundrumbombs 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

This makes a lot of sense, because all you have to do is state the inverse:

"Provocative new study finds victims of bullying have lowest self-esteem, social status, highest rates of depression."

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[–] coldacid 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

TIL if I had been more of a jerk during high school, I could have scored with all the girls.

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[–] jeegte12 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

You just learned that today?

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[–] the_spectre 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

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[–] Ralph_Malph 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

First thing that came to my mind upon reading the post title.

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[–] FreshieD 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

That certainly seems to fly in the face of what's been said in the past; that bullies pick on others to alleviate their own feelings of inadequacy.

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[–] jeegte12 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

People who say that are the same people who say homophobes don't like gay people because they're actually trying to hide being gay themselves. It's just pseudo-psychological fantasy.

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[–] FreshieD ago 

Ah, well, I'm one of the people who says that. The only reason I can see someone being homophobic is if they're afraid that being exposed to homosexuality will make them question their own sexuality and they're so insecure that scares them and/or they're brainwashed by religion to hate anyone the church leadership tells them to.

I'd love to hear a reasoned/rational counter-argument to that if you have one, it might help me understand some of the people in my family.

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[–] SharonLeeFan ago 

Yeah if you take a look at some of the most vocal anti-gay US politicians, you'd see that that theory holds water. Some homophobes are just assholes, but plenty are self-repressed gays.

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[–] rationalinquisition 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

It looks like they just did a survey. As a professional statistician, I would question how seriously these results should be taken.

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[–] anonlymouse [S] 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

And she said based on the results she wants to re-do the study on a larger scale.

As a professional statistician do you also only skim articles?

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[–] rationalinquisition 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I question the the methodology itself. Letting people self-analyze their own level of depression, social status, and self-esteem, especially with a group that has statistically proven history of narcissism, doesn't seem like the most accurate form of assessment.

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[–] festivus2k15 ago 

Remeber that game called Bully? I can't imagine that would fly in today's climate.

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[–] SharonLeeFan ago 

This was a tiny study, based on nothing but a questionnaire of high schoolers (who aren't known for taking questionnaires, or anything seriously). The author interpreted the little data, and leapt to her own conclusions that she was already convinced about before the study even began.

Basically, this is bad science.

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[–] vootator ago 

Comparing the study with my own personal life experience, every bully I knew in gradeschool, high school, and college turned out to have some pretty harsh adult lives across the board (job, family, social standing etc).

A surprising number of them became police officers - no lie.

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