Bullying
What is bullying you may ask?
Well it is an aggressive
behavior among people of any age, but more common in school age people. The act
of bullying can includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors,
attacking someone physically or verbally, and even excluding someone from a
group or activity on purpose.
Verbal bullying: is saying or writing mean things to or
about someone. Such as Teasing, Name calling, inappropriate comments, Taunting
and even threaten to cause harm to someone.
Social bullying or relational bullying involves hurting
someone’s reputation or relationship and can include things such as: leaving
someone out of a group or activity on purpose, telling someone not to be
friends with someone else, spreading ugly and untrue rumors about someone.
Physical Bullying is an activity that involves hurting a
person’s body or their possessions. Physical bullying includes but is also not
limited to things such as: Hitting, Kicking, Pinching, Spitting on someone,
Pushing, stealing someone’s belongings, Breaking someone’s belongings on
purpose, to even making mean or rude gestures to someone.
Who is at risk of being bullied?
Anyone really is at risk. Bullying
can happen anywhere and at anytime, but depending on surroundings, some groups of
people could be at an increased risk. No single factor puts anyone at risk of being bullied or bullying others.
Bullying can happen anywhere—cities, suburbs, and even rural towns. Depending on
the environment, some groups such as: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
those with disabilities, and even socially isolated individuals could be at an
increased risk of being bullied.
Always remember, those who do bully others do not actually need to
be stronger or bigger than those that they bully. The power imbalance can come
from a number of sources such as: popularity, strength, and even cognitive
ability.
