Debagging

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Debagging (the name used in Britain, especially historically at the University of Oxford and Cambridge in England, and derived from "Oxford bags", a loose-fitting baggy form of trousers) or pantsing (the American word for of the act) but is also known as shanking is the pulling down of someone's skirt or pants against their wishes, typically as a practical joke. The most common method is to sneak up behind the intended victim, grab the pants (or the skirt) waistband, and apply a quick downward tug before the victim is aware of the debagger's presence. In Scotland the process is often known as breeking from the word "breeks" meaning trousers. In Australia the act is known as dacking from the nickname for tracksuit pants, "tracky-dacks".

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[edit] Debagging as bullying

Debagging can be used as a form of bullying, and is technically the crime of simple assault. In 2007, British Secretary of State for Education and Skills Alan Johnson, in a speech to the NASUWT, criticised such bullying, and criticised Youtube for hosting a movie (since removed) of a teacher being debagged, saying that such bullying "is causing some [teachers] to consider leaving the profession because of the defamation and humiliation they are forced to suffer" and that "Without the online approval which appeals to the innate insecurities of the bully, such sinister activities would have much less attraction.".[1][2][3]

Epp is highly critical of teachers who regard pupils debagging one another as normal behaviour, saying that debagging makes pupils feel intimidated and uncomfortable, and that "normal is not the same as right".[4]

[edit] Locus populations

Debagging is commonly performed in schools by both boys and girls, and is a popular form of attack.[5] Girls will collude with dominant boys in targeting weaker boys for debagging, and may also single out those boys that do not share attributes with the dominant male group without the help of or the instigation of boys.[5]

In the University of Oxford, it was typically done among undergraduate students by athletic "hearties" to less athletic "aesthetes".

[edit] Film/TV

In the film The Nanny Diaries (2007) Annie (Scarlett Johansson) gets pantsed by Greyer (Nicholas Art), revealing her pink underwear. In The Rugrats Movie, Tommy Pickles's brother, Dil, grabs his diaper strap, making Tommy's diaper fall down completely. In the American TV show King of the hill episode 46 To Spank with Love Peggy Hill gets pantsed by a student Dooley (also revealing pink underwear), leading her to spank the student. In the pilot episode of The Big Bang Theory Leonard and Sheldon are pantsed by Penny's ex boyfriend when they attempt to retrieve her TV. In two episodes of The Simpsons, both Bart Simpson and principal Seymour Skinner are "pantsed" revealing so called "tighty whities". In the season one finale of Malcolm in the Middle, Reece is "pantsed" of his swimmig shorts.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Youtube condemned by minister", The Watford Observer, Newsquest Media Group, 2007-04-12. 
  2. ^ Associated Press. "British education minister warns malicious online videos hurting teachers", Broadcast Newsroom, 2007-04-10. 
  3. ^ "Teachers are devastated by pupils' net effects", Belfast Telegraph, Independent News & Media, 2007-04-13. 
  4. ^ Juanita Ross Epp (1996). "Schools, Complicity, and Sources of Violence", in Juanita Ross Epp and Ailsa M. Watkinson: Systematic Violence: How Schools Hurt Children. Routledge, 17. ISBN 0750705825. 
  5. ^ a b Neil Duncan (1999). Sexual Bullying: Gender Conflict and Pupil Culture in Secondary Schools. Routledge, 21–32. ISBN 0415191130.