RELATIONAL AGGRESSION and COVERT BULLYING

Archive for October 31st, 2005

Who Me?

Posted in October 31st, 2005

by Demian~DreamSinger in Demian's Articles

It’s so easy to see relational aggressors as other people, or to recognize the insecurity and hostility within people who engage in this type of bullying. And it is important to do so, but I think it’s also crucial to see relational aggression in terms of how you measure against it, yourself.
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For Our Daughters

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This is a song I wrote from my personal experience with relational aggression.

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The double dragon is an appropriate symbol for the topic of relational aggression and female power - two heads coming out of one body.

For in truth, the dragons exist one within the other, as both aggression and empowerment exist within each person.

Relational aggression isn't so much about a specific person, a "bitch" we love to hate, as much as a state of mind; a set of choices we all can make.

Certainly, aggressors and targets are specific roles that people do play, but the point here is that the possibility for their manifestation exists in every person.

On this healing journey, it is important to remember that the reality of an aggressor is only a choice away for each one of us.

Be willing then, to see yourself, if only in potential, in both roles - aggressor and target. Doing so will give you the blessing of insight and understanding, and with that, true empowerment.

Demian,
~"DreamSinger"