When we think of harassment situations, we generally associate them with all kinds of physical and verbal abuse, including through digital media; especially if this bullying occurs in schools. However, there are also other, more subtle ways to harass others, for example through humiliation and sarcasm. This type of harassment is known as intellectual bullying.
Intellectual harassment has received much less attention and recognition than other, better-known forms of harassment, but it is nevertheless important, in fact, this form of psychological abuse not only affects adult life, but ends up being very painful for those who have suffered it. of it since childhood.
- The intellectual hierarchy is a way of classifying people according to their education and academic qualification that almost all of us have learned and practiced since childhood.
- At the top of the hierarchy are those who have the highest level of education.
- Training and qualifications.
- While in the lower ones are those who have little training and very low qualifications.
- The problem arises when people at the top of this hierarchy unreasonably denigrate those below.
This? The intellectual superiority that some demonstrate and use to discredit others is a type of harassment known as intellectual intimidation, an attitude that should not be overlooked by the considerable harm and suffering that intellectual harassment does not differ from physical harassment. can devastate the victim’s self-esteem in a devastating way.
In this sense, we know that humiliation, in all its forms, including intellectual, activates areas of the brain related to pain and also triggers a more intense and lasting response than joy and much more negative than anger.
Humiliating others is one of the cruellest behaviors out there, below are the types of people who are able to perform these behaviors.
The intellectual stalker is often a smarter person than average, and by this simple fact is considered superior to others, this way of thinking leads him to treat people with humiliation, contempt and sarcasm to confirm his superiority in one way or another. that really denounces your great insecurity.
Another characteristic of the intellectual stalker is his condescension, the insecurity that governs him is masked by great words and arrogant phrases to confirm otherwise his intelligence and superiority, so he uses very technical, elaborate and striking words to make others feel deceived and inferior.
That sounds terrible, but aren’t people with these characteristics revered in the media, don’t they surpass the audience records to the shows where you expect to see this kind of attitude?
Somehow, abusers who use physical violence are more likely to learn the lesson, as society rewards other qualities in people over time. However, intellectual aggressors are better able to gain status in society because of their intelligence, because sometimes this “intellectual superiority”?is rewarded. This situation leads them to continue to demonstrate their intelligence superiorly without being questioned about their attitude of persecution and humiliation.
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the oppressor’s side. If an elephant has a foot in the tail of a mouse and you say it’s neutral, won’t the mouse appreciate its neutrality?-Desmond Tutu-
Intellectual harassment has a devastating long-term effect. Study in a competitive environment where “intellectual superiority” causes deep and eternal emotional and psychological trauma.
People who are victims of this type of harassment often suffer serious aggressions to their self-esteem, tend to lose confidence in themselves, stop taking initiatives and to demoralize, not to mention that this type of harassment is responsible for a high percentage of teen suicides.
However, intellectual harassment also has consequences for the stalker; in the long run, the intellectual stalker ends up falling victim to his own game; on the one hand, in their environment, people eventually discover their degree of cruelty and toxicity and opt on the other hand, this insecurity that leads you to humiliate others will prevent you from fully developing and making the most of your potential.
“People who love each other don’t hurt others. The more we hate each other, the more we want others to suffer. “Dan Pearce?
Bullying, in general, is due to a lack of compassion, when the perpetrators hurt their victim, they do it consciously, but if they really cared about the person’s feelings, they would not have harassed them, therefore, one of the possible solutions. To correct the phenomena of the intellectual hierarchy, compassion is needed in addition to empathy.
Instead of trying to integrate into an intellectual hierarchy, we should use our knowledge to internalize it and then help others. As Aristotle said, “educating the mind without educating the heart is not entirely an education. “
From this point of view, both of you? Smart? How’s it going?Next up? Enjoy each other. The latter gains a better understanding of the world, while the former learns to be more compassionate and humble.