bullying

(noun)

an act of physically or emotionally intimidating a weaker person to do something, especially through repeated coercion

Related Terms

  • School Violence

Examples of bullying in the following topics:

  • Violence in Schools

    • Bullying can be committed by one student or a group of students.
    • Bullies typically taunt and tease their target before physically bullying their target.
    • Bullying is a common occurrence in most schools.
    • Emotionally bullying is any form of bullying that damages a victim's emotional well-being, such as spreading malicious rumors, giving someone the silent treatment, or harassment.
    • Bullying can also take place over the internet with text messaging.
  • Adolescent Socialization

    • Bullying is an example of the negative influence that peer groups can have on adolescents.
    • Teenagers who experience constant and severe bullying can suffer from deep psychological distress, which can sometimes lead to suicide.
    • In other cases, bullies can sometimes harm their victims physically, resulting in serious injuries, or even death.
    • Floridian Michael Brewer was lit on fire by a group of bullies.
  • Sexual Harassment

    • Sexual harassment is intimidation, bullying, teasing, or coercion of a sexual nature.
    • Sexual harassment is intimidation, bullying, teasing, or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors.
  • Job Discrimination

    • The most archetypical manifestation of occupational sexism is sexual harassment, or the intimidation, bullying, teasing, or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors.
  • Power

    • Some of these tactics include bullying, collaboration, complaining, criticizing, demanding, disengaging, evading, humor, inspiring, manipulating, negotiating, socializing and supplicating.
  • Inequalities of Work

    • One typical manifestation of occupational sexism is sexual harassment–-the intimidation, bullying, teasing, or coercion of a sexual nature, or the unwelcome or inappropriate promise of rewards in exchange for sexual favors.
  • Behavior and Environmental Influences on Health

    • A common stereotype is the obese character who has a warm and dependable personality, presumedly in compensation for social exclusion, but equally common is the obese vicious bully.
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