Types+of+Bullying

What do you think is the worst kind of bullying and why? Physical, Verbal, or Cyber (or any listed below). Explain why.
[|Share your opinion]

Bullying, by definition, is deliberate and repeated harassment and/or threatening of an individual or group. However, there are a number of different types of bullying.

**Face to Face Bullying -** click on the links below for more about each type of bullying

 * [|Inadvertent]** - the bully many not realize that what they are doing and/or saying is harmful or hurtful.
 * [|"Vengeful Angel"]** - the bully thinks they are protecting themselves or others by fighting back.
 * "Gay Bullying"** - the target is singled out as being gay, whether they are or not.
 * [|"Mean Girls"]** - bullying done out of boredom or to boost the bully's ego. These bullies harass and hurt targets in order to please a crowd.
 * [|Power Hungry]** - the bully wants a reaction from their target and control with fear.
 * [|"Revenge of the Nerds"]** - often targets of bullying themselves, they are not typical bullies, but feel that they are entitled to bully others as payback.
 * [|Exclusion]** - intentionally excluding someone from a group or social interaction.

==**CyberBulling** [|share your stories and advice] == Cyberbullies use information and communication involving electronic technologies to target and harass anonymously. make the target afraid for their own safety.
 * [|Flaming] -** online fights using electronic messages with angry, hurtful and vulgar language.
 * [|Harassment]** - repeated sending of offensive, rude, and insulting messages and/or material.
 * [|Cyberstalking]** - repeatedly sending messages that include threats of harm or are highly intimidating or engaging in other on-line activities that
 * [|Impersonation]** - pretending to be someone else and sending/posting material online that make that person look bad, gets that person in trouble or danger, or damages that person's reputation or friendships.
 * [|Outing and Trickery]** - sharing someone's secret or embarrassing information online and/or tricking someone into revealing secrets or embarrassing information which is then shared online.
 * [|Exclusion]** - intentionally excluding someone from an on-line group or 'buddy list'.



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