There is a more conclusive link between bullying and a country’s wealth inequality. Research suggests bullying occurs across and within all socioeconomic groups, though victims are slightly more likely to come from low socioeconomic backgrounds. In K-dramas, this power balance is usually depicted as occurring along lines of social class. It is triggered by the sound of meat being cooked on a grill, which brings back memories of her abuse.īullying is repeated, harmful behavior characterized by a power imbalance between the perpetrator and the victim. In Episode 6 of the series, the usually stoic Dong-eun has a panic attack on the floor of a mechanic shop. Though The Glory uses Dong-eun’s burn scars as a visual representation of the abuse she has survived, the series is much more interested in exploring how being bullied as a teen-and the absolute failure of the adults in her life to protect her-have shaped her mental health and life choices. The targets of bullies also suffer psychological trauma that can follow them into adulthood. Of course, that is just the physical toll. The abuse resulted in a six-week hospitalization for injuries, among them a protruded tailbone. In that case, three ninth-grade girls bullied their classmate for a period of 20 days, including burning her skin with a curling wand. Many of these disturbing details are based on a real-life incident that occurred in 2006, at a girls’ school in Cheongju, Korea. They sear her skin with a hair-curling iron, scratch her with pins, and beat and kick her. In The Glory, fictional character Dong-eun is severely bullied by a group of classmates. In Part 2, we will finally learn if Dong-eun gets the justice society so frustratingly refuses to provide. Part 1 begins the story, chronicling Dong-eun’s psychological and physical torment in gruesome detail. Sunshine- was inspired to write The Glory when her teen daughter asked her a jarring question: “Mom, would you be more heartbroken if I beat someone nearly to death or if I got beat nearly to death by someone else?” With The Glory, Kim set out to answer that question. Kim Eun-sook-who has penned some of hallyu’s most popular dramas, including Goblin, Descendants of the Sun, and Mr. Another 2022 drama, The King of Pigs, follows two survivors of childhood bullying-one who grows up to become a serial killer, and the other who becomes a police detective. In last year’s school drama Weak Hero Class 1, the action begins when protagonist Yeon Shi-eun (Park Ji-hoon), a quiet model student, violently strikes back against his bully.
The zombie virus that takes over Hyosan High in All of Us Are Dead, Netflix’s 11th most-streamed TV series of all time, is created in a father’s attempt to protect his son from school bullies. If you’re a frequent watcher of Korean dramas or reader of webtoons, then you’ve almost certainly seen a storyline about school bullying before.
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