...But Names Will Never Hurt Me?

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And the women being advised to exercise more know this. I have been both overwhelmed and underwhelmed by the response to my article in The Irish Times. I have been disappointed by responses which decry the possibility that this is a substantive health issue. Equally I have been shocked by how threatening some find this discussion.

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And I have been disappointed in colleagues who believe there is nothing that can be done and the resultant inaction. On the other hand, many women and men have thanked me for raising the issue. Some tell me they have given up running and walking outdoors because of safety concerns.

Out there on the streets, I hit on a seriously under-researched barrier to sport and exercise. I cannot find a British Journal of Sports Medicine article to reference in this blog for those interested in reading more.

I hope to write a piece that might lay out a useful research agenda. She is a regular recreational runner. Her research interested in how groups and social identities affect health and well-being. In the past she has used identity based initiatives to encourage students to take up running within an introductory module. Ideas about how negative exercise experiences linked to gender identity might impact on engagement with exercise are a new avenue of research she is keen to pursue.

Runners World , Downloadable at https: Women on running in Ireland: The Psychologist, 25, 11, Why is harassing women runners acceptable for some Irish men? Whoever came up with the saying 'sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me' was talking out of his or her armpit. What we say matters.

The unkind things we communicate can soil the best of relationships; even with the deepest of regrets…what lingers is a stain of hurt that may fade but will never truly go away. The wounding words we say are like feathers released in a harsh wind, once said; we will never get them back. They can cut deeper than any knife, hit harder than any fist, touch parts of you that nothing physical will ever reach, and the wounds that some words leave never heal, because each time the word is thrown at you, labeled on you, you bleed afresh from it.

Hamilton, A Shiver of Light. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal taunt is 'sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

A Declaration of Independence. It is reported [1] to have appeared in The Christian Recorder of March , a publication of the African Methodist Episcopal Church , where it is presented as an "old adage" in this form:. The phrase also appeared in , where it is presented as advice in Tappy's Chicks: This version was featured in The Who 's song, " The Quiet One ", in which the vocals were performed by bassist John Entwistle , where he mentioned this term from another source he picked up and sang this term twice where he changed "your" from the first set to "my" in the second set.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Sticks and Stones disambiguation. Retrieved September 22, George [Ann Jane Dunn Douglas]