Is Jale being bullied?
 

Being frank and honest I think she is. I dont know whether its just because its over chicken but its starting to remind me of the Jade/Shilpa incident. Pauline is being un-believably condescending, Its almost as if she is trying to make Jale believe she is at fault. The fact that she is basically being ignored by Pauline, Helen and all the other rim lickers is getting really annoying, the only time they ever seem to talk to her is to say something negative or pick a fault in her, and now they're starting to move on to Christopher.

Not that word. :umm2:

No she isn't.

Yes, Pauline has it out for her and for no reason.

I feel like it hasn't reached that stage quite yet, but if it carries on the way it is doing, she is going to start feeling persecuted. It's as if she is seen as a safe scapegoat because she is up every week and so they feel less awful being mean to her.

I know its a big word but I am starting to feel really bad for her. She looks so out of her depth when they are around

No at all

No. Her and Christopher seem to be being singled out quite a lot though.

Christopher on the other hand...

Picked on/made to feel unwelcome

pauline is the definintion of a bully,

I'd agree, I don't think it's reached bullying levels yet.

Not sure, but I think Christopher is.

Well just looking at BBBOTS now I'de say its going that way,Pauline is never the full shilling nasty nasty bitch

No.

I thought what they did to Christopher at the end of the show was bullying.

They made it so obvious. He must have felt really uncomfortable.

Pauline is trying to isolate her so ...yes .

pauline is a racist homaphobic bully

Hardly

Can we stop with the bullying word

Of course she is it should be obvious to everyone.

I think that people tend to shun away from the word bully as much as the people they criticize overuse the word. Do I think Jale is being bullied? No, not exactly, but I think if we broaden it to a more playground sense of the word, the argument could definitely be made that Helen and Pauline are bullies.

so true

a bit ageist too

No.

Lots of bitching but no direct bullying.

not at all.
bitching and bullying are two very different things. plus it's not like jale doesn't get on with anyone, she has her own group of friends.

Not bullying but I do think she is trying to intimidate Christopher and Jale.

Yes for sure.

I wouldn't say she's bullying them, she's just playing a really obvious manipulation game and making sure the house and her minions have 2 clear targets.

Technically yes, heres the official definition: "use superior strength or influence to intimidate someone"

I would say she is feeling intimidated hence why she cried and Pauline/Helen are using their influence in the house to do this

trying to intimidate someone is a form of bullying

they may be two different things but pauline is doing both and just because Jale has friends doesnt mean it isnt bullying?????

From the outside looking in it doesn't seem like bullying yet (although I'd class both Pauline and Helen as bullies) but to Jale who is in that confined space with no escape from the two of them it probably feels very much like it.

what I was trying to get across is that it's not like she feels completely alone I very much doubt, because she has people she can talk to, it's not like she's been cut off from everybody.

I think Jale is being bullied, but I do think that sometimes she's looking to be a victim.

Pauline is definitely singling her out and targetting her. But I don't consider it bullying. I think it's part of the game for Pauline. She decided to go after Jale, she put her up and she's reenforcing having people keep Jale in a bad light so she'll go by acting all condescending to her.

I'm tired of people throwing around the word bully every season.

enough with bullying yall carry that word every yr when big brother starts. geeez

This

she is more then able to stand up and speak her mind - its building and thats just the tension - ie the point of the game.