Why do most people refuse to intervene when they see someone being bullied?

Answer 1

because most people are scared, go to india, you never see this kind of thing happening.

I live in australia and i hear about this all the time, i cant understand it at all, i know if i saw some one bullied i'de do my best to stop it, but some people are hesitant, they dont know whos right n whos wrong. they dont want to be wrong, and as someone above said there is regularly no thanks.

its just not worth it to most people, personally i'de only intervene when it gets physical, because we live in a day and age where there is no need for that ****.

i wish people would intervene, against bullying, animal cruelty, etc. but the fact of the matter is that many dont, if you ask them why they'll give u half assed answers. It all comes down to who has the balls and the moral density and those that dont.

Answer 2

It must be the place that you live because in many places people do not tolerate public displays of bullying and will intervene. In large cities where there is so much mindless violence and the social systems (family, police, courts and media) are morally bankrupt I think people are just afraid to get involved. If you do you will become the villain and the bully will become the victim. Major cities are bizarre places to live and so, in today's world of electronics no one needs to live in the rotted cities of the world. Leave them to the street animals and go elsehwere. I am pretty sure that if some poor schmuck was being bullied in Mediicine Bow, Wyoming someone would kick the crap out of the bully. Thats just the way it is. There are decent people left but they sure ain't in downtown anywhere.

Answer 3

I've NEVER been in a position where i have witnessed someone (other than myself) being bullied.

As much as I might want to, it is full of risks to involve the self ~ however 'worthy' it might be.

Some years back a Daily Mail reporter was in New York where he witnessed a guy on the street assaulting a young woman across the front of a car (I think 'banging her head on it' were some of the words used). So he intervened ~ whereupon, both the assailant & the victim 'turned on him' in unison.

A local cop got it sorted and then advised the reporter that it was 'always best to aviod becoming involved, especially on Valentines Day.'

See what I mean! ~ And that's not saying anything about the miriad of 'cases' when the defender of another has ended up by being arrested in the end ~ and 'Charged.'

Sash.

Answer 4

Most people fear the bully themselves. Whether it be at work home or school. People have to get passed that fear, and then they can be of some help. I speak from the experiance of one who was bullied. As a teenager and young child I was bullied, as an adult and talking with the people who had stood around, they were afraid as well. They were not being bullied and they did not want it to happen so they did nothing.

Answer 5

Have you ever heard of that experiment where the people in the 'lab' coats tell people to give strangers (who they know are part of the experiment) electric shocks.

it was done to see why so many people help kill all the Jews in WWII.

They found that the human being is very susceptible to authority and will 'go along' with unethical practises.

They also proved that if some one is in a group (where the group is a load of actor) they will agree with the groups even if they know the group to be wrong.

in general people are sheep that will follow a 'leader' anywhere the leader goes.

are you a sheep? have you ever agreed with a group or done something in a group that you believed to be wrong at the time - or did you chose to hand responsibility for your actions over to the group?

well if you did, your normal.

but who really wants to be normal when you eventually find out what normal is?

Answer 6

You can't really intervene unless you know the full story.

You may see someone having a go at another person but the reason for it could be that the other person started it.

Be very careful when approaching people you don't know, they may both turn on you.

If you are ever worried for someones safety ring the police.

Answer 7

There could be a number of reasons, really. Maybe they are pleased that someone else is the focus of the bully's attention, not them so they keep quiet so as not to attract attention. Maybe they secretly agree with the bully. Maybe they don't see it as bullying. Maybe they have realised that they have acted the same way in the past and do not now like their behaviour when they see someone else doing it. Admitting that would be admitting that they are bullies themselves.

Answer 8

i would not call it bullying myself. To me, and in all risk by using definition in case you have been to look it up, bullying is once you intentionally harm somebody the two bodily or emotionally. you purely have a sarcastic character. that's no longer probable a bad concern, as long as you do no longer use sarcasm in a "oh yeah, you're so particularly" (yet you assert it with obtrusive this skill which you're attempting to insult her) way, then i would not call it bullying. and because you're essentially sorry approximately it, properly i don't understand of a bully with a ethical experience so i might say you're secure.

Answer 9

I have no idea, fear they will get on the receiving end too? Watching Celebrity Big Brother - its amazng how these people are behaving towards one another.

Answer 10

Simply human nature. They fear the bully turning on them and is is really their problem?