BULLYING What is bullying Bullying is among young people. The behaviour is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both bullies and those who are bullied may have serious, problems. In order to be considered bullying, the behaviour must be aggressive and include: 1 aggressive behaviour lasting an : teenagers who bully use their power – such as physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity – to control or others; imbalance of power harm : bullying behaviour happens more than once or has the potential to happen more than once. repetition Bullying includes actions such as making , spreading , attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose. threats rumours WARM UP • Do you know anyone who has been bullied? • Are there programmes or projects to stop bullying at your school? MORE According to the Annual Bullying Survey 2019 by Ditch the Label (Ditchthelabel.org), 59% of the teenagers who have been bullied in the UK say it was for their physiral appearance. 1 Types of bullying There are three types of bullying: bullying is saying or writing things; verbal bullying includes , name-calling, inappropriate sexual comments, or threatening to cause harm; verbal mean teasing taunting bullying, sometimes called relational bullying; it involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships and includes leaving someone out , telling other teens not to be friends with someone, spreading rumours about someone, embarrassing someone in public; social on purpose bullying involves a person’s body or possessions and includes or taking or breaking someone’s things. physical hurting hitting/kicking/pinching Where and when bullying happens Bullying can during or after school hours. While most reported bullying , a significant also happens in public places. It can also happen travelling to or from school, in the teenager’s , or on the Internet (Cyberbullying → p. 168). occur 2 happens in the school building percentage neighbourhood MORE According to the same research, most of the times (64%) the bully was a classmate. 2