Putting An End to The Bystander Effect Stigma

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The Bystander Effect or Bystander Apathy is a social psychological phenomena wherein people are less likely to help others who are in need if they know that a lot of people are already present in the situation. The more people in the crowd, then the lesser chance they will offer help to the victim.
This social phenomenon was popularized by John M. Darley and Bibb Latane in 1968 after a series of experiments. They were interested with this concept after the murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964. This gave way in initiating one of the strongest social psychological research on bystander apathy.
This social effect is definitely a negative psychological impulse that society is suffering from. We could see this everywhere,from the streets to schools and we are not doing anything about it.
I believe that the notion of this stigma starts even at school when bullying exists and the victims are terrorized by them. We hate bullies and we empathized with the victim but we dont want to intervene because we dont want to put ourselves in a difficult situation. Nobody is! So we let it slide,we just watch whatever's happening and pass by. That is exactly the same as not giving an ounce of care to a person who had an accident on the street or a woman who is asking for your help in their apartment wherein she was being beaten by her husband.
We need to stop this stigma. The bystander effect can happen in violent or non-violent situations. It can be issues of cyberbullying,bullying,accidents or damage to properties. We all have the ability to surpass the bystander effect. Instead of focusing on diffusing responsibility we need to act as one. Helping others who are in need can benefit you too. It might be a long process but it can influence others to do the same way too.