Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Different Types of Bullying

1) Physical: hitting, kicking, pinching, punching, scratching, spitting or any other form of physical attack. Damage to or taking someone elses belongings may also constitute as physical bullying. 
2) Verbal: Name-calling, insulting, making racist, sexist or homophobic jokes, remarks or teasing, using sexually suggestive or abusive language, offensive remarks. This is the most common form of bullying. 
3) Cyber: any type of bullying that is carried out by electronic medium such as :
    1. Text message bullying
    2. Picture/video clip bullying via mobile phone cameras
    3. Phone call bullying via mobile phones
    4. E-mail bullying
    5. Chat-room bullying
    6. Bullying through Instant Messaging 
    7. Bullying via websites
4) Emotional: spreading nasty stories about someone, exclusion from social groups, being made the subject of malicious rumors.

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