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Unit 2 Different Types Of Bullying Research Paper

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Bullying is an everyday occurrence that happens universally. According to StopBulllying.gov in order for a behaviour to be considered bullying the behaviour must be both aggressive and include an imbalance of power such as psychical strength, access to embarrassing information or popularity to control or harm others. It’s important to note that power imbalances can change over time and in different situations even if they involve the same people. Second, the behaviour must include repetition. Bullying behaviours happen more than once or have the potential to happen more than once. Bullying can include a number of actions including, making threats, spreading rumours, attacking someone psychically or verbally and purposely excluding someone …show more content…

First, there is what is known as verbal bullying. This includes saying or writing mean things. Verbal bullying includes teasing, name-calling, inappropriate sexual comments, taunting and threatening to cause harm. The second type of bullying is social bullying or what is also known as relational bullying. This involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships, including leaving someone out on purpose, telling others not to be friends with someone, spreading rumours about someone, and embarrassing someone in public. Finally, there is physical bullying, which involves hurting someone’s body or possessions, which includes hitting, kicking or pinching, spitting, tripping or pushing, taking or breaking someone’s things, and making mean or rude hand gestures (Bullying Definition). As of the last few years, there has been a fourth type of bullying has been added to the list. As of the 2010’s cyber bullying has been recognized as the fourth form of bullying. Cyber bullying is a form of bullying or harassment using electronic forms of contact including the Internet, cellphones, social media and any other form of electronic contact (Wikipedia, 2017). This form of bullying is especially common among …show more content…

Many fear that with the implementation of the anti-bullying movement we risk the rise of a softer generation. They may learn to rely on others to solve their problems, creating a generation that might feel entitled to certain opportunities. Those victims who turn to the anti-bullying movement for help with their confrontations might risk the loss of certain coping mechanisms essential for everyday life in the real world. The anti-bullying movement presents challenges with children or adults failing to learn the difference between bullying and conflict. This, in turn, effects the way they encounter the world, expecting to not run into conflict or criticisms and not having the coping mechanisms to deal with

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