Bullying And Its Effect On Human Behavior - 1110 Words

That is why it is important to be specific when describing what bullying is. Bullying is any aggressive behavior that takes advantage of a real or a thought to be a real power imbalance in order to humiliate, hurt, or scare another person. Hughes stated, â€Å"Three necessary elements of bullying are that the behavior (a) involves the intent to cause fear or harm, (b) is repetitious, and (c) is perpetuated by a person who holds some form of power over the person at whom the behavior is directed† (3-4). Situations need to be analyzed carefully before school officials decide whether or not it involves bullying. A person needs to post only one derogatory video about someone online to bully them, since several people have access to that video and†¦show more content†¦According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, â€Å"Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationships. Soc ial bullying includes: leaving someone out on purpose, telling other children not to be friends with someone, spreading rumors about someone, and embarrassing someone in public† (â€Å"Bullying Definition†). Lastly, there is also a type of bullying called cyberbullying. This type of bullying is conducted on the internet or through texting, and can involve the same behaviors as verbal and relational bullying. For example, consider what happened to a girl named Monique McClain one year. On the first day of school, Monique decided to try a new hairstyle, however she would regret that decision. Two girls named Destiny and Cheyenne began tormenting her for being a copycat due to the fact that Destiny’s cousin wore the same hairstyle. They knew Monique had not known that, but they did it anyway and before long they would start throwing objects at Monique on the bus and regularly taunting and tormenting her at every opportunity. The school did try to put a stop to it by telling the girls to stop, putting them in ISS and even arranging a peer mediation group between Monique, Destiny and Cheyenne. Nothing worked-if anything, they just made it worse thanks to the fact that Destiny and Cheyenne started calling Monique a tattletale too. Eventually,