What can bullying involve?

Answer 1

Bullying entails the following:

PHYSICAL - Hitting, kicking, shoving, punching, tripping up, pushing, damaging and/or stealing someone's belongings etc.

VERBAL - Name calling, nasty remarks of any kind, being shouted at, yelling, screaming, put-downs, criticizing, spreading gossip/rumors, telling lies, making up stories, and also making comments on someone's hygiene/clothes/weight/disability/condition/body/shape etc.

EMOTIONAL - Purposefully ignoring someone, not acknowledging someone, turning away from, sending to Coventry, telling people not to be friends with that person, taking friends away, ruining/destroying friendships/relationships, blackening someone's character, setting up someone to get them into trouble for no reason/to get people to dislike the person/vilification, smear/whisper campaigns.

INDIRECT - Cussing someone behind their back, pretending to be a friend, betraying and telling secrets/confidences.

Also making someone look ashamed, small and silly, or badgering someone to do/say something that they don't want to or are not comfortable with.

INVASION OF PRIVACY - Tampering with/entering/going through someone's personal/private belongings without consent, and also asking someone intrusive personal questions.

RACIAL - Making fun of accent/speech, dress, culture, ethnicity, origin, home/personal life, family, food, drink, name calling, slurs, damage to property, telling them to 'get back where they came from' and other kinds of bullying based on race etc.

HOMOPHOBIC - Any kind of bullying based on someone's sexuality (sexual orientation)

CYBER - Sending mean/nasty emails, sending anything without consent, mean messages on the internet, chatrooms, messenger and on social sites such as Facebook. Also it means sending any pictures/photos/Cartoons/attachments etc which can upset/embarrass/annoy someone.

What to do if you are being bullied?

The worst thing to do is to keep it to yourself and ignore it - remember bullies thrive on secrecy, they are cowards and they go to any length to keep you quiet, the only way to stop bullies is to REPORT THEM.

* Tell your parents, friends and any adults that you trust.

* If you are taunted/threatened 'agree' with the bully by saying 'You're right' or just say nothing and walk away.

* Try not to cry/get upset/angry - bullies are fond of a reaction and causing an audience.

* If you are brave enough - tell the bully kindly, but firmly, that you do not like what they are doing/saying.

* Do not argue/plead with a bully.

* Do not laugh at/smirk at the bully.

* Do not retaliate (i.e. hit back a bully), you could get hurt and/or you could be blamed instead of the bully

* Feel good about yourself and carry on being you - don't believe the rubbish a bully says and don't let bullies take that away from you.

* If the first person cannot/won't help - KEEP TELLING - you have a right to be free from bullying and KEEP ON telling, till someone helps you, takes you seriously and the bullying has stopped altogether.

* If the bullying continues/gets worse - TELL AGAIN and if it still continues, TELL AGAIN.

* Remember it is the bullies who have the problem, not you.

* Walk tall and confidently - bullies mainly pick on those who seem shy/afraid/timid/get upset easily/find it hard to stand up for themselves.

* Remember that people who have vulnerabilities, especially those with hidden disabilities e.g. Autism/Asperger's Syndrome can be very easy and prime targets for bullies because of problems with social interaction and social naivety (being too trusting, problems reading body language, facial expressions, tone of voice, and not seeing the bad as well as the good of life)

* When on the computer - NEVER, EVER give out your personal details to ANYONE without your parents/carer's/person in charge's permission. Personal details include:

• Your home address
• Your email address
• Date of birth
• Your password/secret codes/secret numbers
• Any landmark which can trace where you live
• Any photos of yourself, your parents and your family.
• Any photos which have personal evidence on e.g. your car with it's registration number showing, your house (especially with the house number on and name of your street/grove/avenue/crescent/etc), which can EASILY locate where you live
• Phone number (landline and mobile)
• Name of your school
• Name of your workplace
• Financial and bank details and information
• Any other private and confidential information about you, your parents, family, friends and other people.

If you use Facebook

- Be very choosy of you accept/add as your friend and only accept those who you know, you like and trust and your family.

- Be very careful before you post any photos/etc on your Facebook wall/profile.

- LOCK your profile - so that ONLY friends and family who are your contacts list can see your photos, comments and information

- Be very careful when chatting and REMEMBER to never, ever give out any personal information to anyone without your parents/carer's/person in charge's permission first.

- NEVER, EVER post any derogatory/slagging off comments on Facebook about anyone, places, your school/workplace and also this includes putting on your status that you are off sick - remember your parents/boss/anyone can read and see what you have put on.

- If you see any derogatory comments etc on Facebook, don't respond to them.

- If someone is pestering you/harassing you/making you feel uneasy/bullying you on Facebook you can do the following:

• Don't respond and cut them offline
• Remove them from your friend contacts
• Block them
• Report them
• Tell your parents/carer's/person in charge
• If you get a friend request from someone you know who is a bully/harasser, deny the request.

Answer 2

Ignoring someone, talking behind a person's back in an ill manner, physical abuse such as hitting or forcing someone to do something humiliating or self depriving, shoving or even threats.

bullying is anything that one makes feel uncomfortable, or dislike the situtaion and even try to avoid it... it can be anything. It may not seem like it to you, but to the victim, it can be.

Answer 3

Bullying can involve anything. Weather it is touching or hurting other people to just making rude and hurtfull comments about them. It can be carried in a school, at home, at sport, and even over the computer or telephone. People bully because they want to feel in controle and want to be the boss. They want to make them selves feel better and bullies normally bully people who are not as strong because they know they will be an easy target. If you ignore the bully and act like it is not important they will soon stop and you will become tough towards them.

Hope this helps :)
good luck xx

Answer 4

cyber, physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.