Bullying In Schools

When a person is seen to use force, coercion, and (or) threat to dominate, harm, or abuse, someone is known as bullying. Bullying is characterized by an imbalance of social and (or) physical power, which differentiates it from conflicts and fights. It is a repeated form of behavior and is a result of malicious intent, sadistic behavioral patterns, or underlying trauma or confidence. Bullying is not a one-time thing but in fact, is repetitive behavior. Bullying takes place in all places, but one place of bullying that popular media focuses on is bullying that takes place in schools.

Bullying in schools is extremely common and takes place at varying levels. Bullying is or can be done individually or in a group. One can even remain anonymous when bullying. Bullying takes place at all levels of life, but one common place of bullying turns out to be schools. Popular culture constantly brings into focus bullying in schools (especially high schools full of teens and young adults). Pop culture might even have had a role to play in the increase of bullying because pre-teens watching movies might even get inspired by the portrayal of bullies movies. However, one should not be confused between a bully or a mean person. The latter’s nature is so, and they do not have specific targets, whereas a bully can even be your friend or as sweet as honey. There are times when the blatant signs of bullying are not even present in a person from afar, but only the bully’s victim knows what is going on.