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Physical bullying occurs when a person uses overt bodily acts to gain power over
peers. Unlike other types of bullying in schools, physical bullying is easy to
identify because the acts are so obvious. Physical bullies tend to demonstrate
high levels of agression from a young age and more likely to boys.
Physical bullying can take many forms:
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Kicked
Tripped
Stamped on
Spat on
possessions
Threat of violence or gestures and body and body language which is
intimidating
Making faces and dirty gestures
Verbal Bullying
Verbal bullying occurs when someone uses language to gain power over
his or her peers. A verbal bully may make fun of a peers lack of physically
capabilities, may tease a peer for beeing a dumbie or nerd and/or may
call a peer names based on appearance. Even though verbal bullying
Relational Aggression
Cruel criticsm
Racist slurs
explanation.
Exclusion: A single individual may be purposefully excluded from a group
of friends or colleagues and essentially cut out from all activities and
participation in the group. It differs from the silent treatment in that the
group makes sure that the excluded individual knows that he or she is not
depressed.
Gossip: Bullies will often create and spread rumors about others behind
their backs; at times harmful statements are even made within earshot.
The goal is to ruin reputations and damage self-image through hearsay
and exclusive conversations; the digital age has made this form of
relational bullying easier through text messaging and social networking
platforms like Facebook and My Space.
Cyber bullying
Cyber bullying is any harassment that occurs via the Internet. Vicious
forum posts, name calling in chat rooms, posting fake profiles on web
sites, and mean or cruel email messages are all ways of cyberbullying.
When bullying comes home via the Internet it can leave victims feeling
helpless and overwhelmed.
E-mail bullying
Chat-room bullying
messaging (IM)
phones
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