What different kinds of bullying is there?

Answer 1

There are many different types of bullying and bullying techniques. They include:

Criminal acts - This could involve threats, vandalism, assault, impersonation, fraud, computer hacking, setting up others to be assaulted, Molotov cocktails (firebombs), etc.

Cyberbullying - Making up lies about people online, hacking to gather information on victims, making death threats online, harassing people with text messages, etc.

Defamation - Lying on people and turning others against them.

Destruction of property - This may include vandalizing their house or yard, destroying their school materials, damaging their personal property, etc. Such vandals may loosen lugs on vehicle wheels, throw eggs, break glass, use spray paint, etc.

Love-bombing - This is often a prelude to bullying. The bullies or their friends pretend to be super nice to the target. That allows them to learn about their victims, learn the victims' secrets to use against them, make the subsequent bullying more painful, and destroy the victim's ability to trust others.

Physical violence - This may include pushing, shoving, punching, causing others to trip, and so on. Sometimes it is done for extortion purposes, and sometimes done just because the attacker can.

Threats - Making threats just to be mean or to intimidate another into doing or not doing something.

Bullying can be categorized by where it is done, such as school bullying, computer bullying, workplace bullying, neighborhood bullying, street bullying, home bullying, etc. It can also be categorized by the types of victims involved, such as anti-gay bullying, racist bullying, handicap bullying, religious bullying, anti-intellectual bullying, appearance-based bullying, etc.