Bullying 1.docx

Types of Bullying Physical Bullying This is any bullying that hurts someone's body or damages their possessions. Stealing, shoving, hitting, fighting, and destroying property all are types of physical bullying. Physical bullying is rarely the first form of bullying that a target will experience. Often bullying will begin in a different form and progress to physical violence. In physical bullying the main weapon the bully uses is their body. Verbal Bullying This is any bullying that is done by speaking. Calling names, spreading rumors, threatening somebody, and making fun of others are all forms of verbal bullying. Verbal bullying is one of the most common types of bullying. In verbal bullying the main weapon the bully uses is their voice. Social Bullying/Relational Aggression This is any bully that is done with the intent to hurt somebody's reputation or social standing. Social bullying often happens between friends. It can happen in two ways: either by trying to exclude somebody and make them feel unwanted, or by gaining somebody's trust and then breaking it. Social bullying could include spreading a friend's secret all over school to damage their reputation, or encouraging others to ignore, chastise, or threaten a friend. The movie Mean Girls (2004) shows many examples of this kind of bullying. This type of bullying is most common among girls, but can certainly happen with guys as well. In social bullying, the main weapons the bully uses are relationships. Cyberbullying This is any bullying that happens over any technological device. This includes email, instant messaging, social networking sites (such as Facebook), text messages, and cell phones. Cyberbullying is one of the trickiest forms of bullying because it is so new. Many adults are not familiar with the latest technology, making it difficult for them to know what to look for or how to intervene. The weapon the bully uses in cyberbullying istechnology. Dating Abuse Dating abuse is a type of bullying that can take the form of any type of bullying mentioned of above within the context of a dating relationship. Verbal, emotional, physical, or sexual abuse are all signs of an unhealthy relationship. An abusive relationship can be characterized by any one of those signs or a combination of many. There are generally three roles involved in a bullying situation: Bullies

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A bully is the one who is trying to hurt or control others.

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Bullies have often been bullied himself/herself.

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It is important to know that anybody can be a bully!

Targets

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The target is the person who is being bullied.

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No one deserves to be bullied!

Bystanders

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A bystander may or may not be a friend of the target, but he or she is aware that the bullying is happening.

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Bystanders can be leaders/heroes/role-models by doing something helpful or getting help!Bystanders can be silent bullies if they do not try to get help.

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A bystander can provide help by reporting the bullying. Reporting is not tattling! Tattling is trying to get someone into trouble. Reporting is trying to get someone out of trouble!

Link: http://www.respect2all.org/students/bullying-definitions The Relationship between Bullying and Suicide Media reports often link bullying with suicide. However, most youth who are bullied do not have thoughts of suicide or engage in suicidal behaviors. Although kids who are bullied are at risk of suicide, bullying alone is not the cause. Many issues contribute to suicide risk, including depression, problems at home, and trauma history. Additionally, specific groups have an increased risk of suicide, including American Indian and Alaskan Native, Asian American, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth. This risk can be increased further when these kids are not supported by parents, peers, and schools. Bullying can make an unsupportive situation worse. Link: http://www.stopbullying.gov/at-risk/effects/ Bullying is the use of force, threat, or coercion to abuse, intimidate, or aggressively to impose domination over others. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception, by the bully or by others, of an imbalance of social or physical power. Behaviors used to assert such domination can include verbal harassment or threat, physical assault or coercion, and such acts may be directed repeatedly towards particular targets. Justifications and rationalizations for such behavior sometimes include differences of class,race, religion, gender, sexuality, appearance, behavior, or ability.[2][3] If bullying is done by a group, it is called mobbing.[4] The target of bullying is sometimes referred to as a "victim ". Bullying can be defined in many different ways. The UK currently has no legal definition of bullying, Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying