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Research Into Bullying - Hannah
Research Into Bullying - Hannah
Bullyingiswhensomeoneabusesorintimidatesothers.Thebullyingcanbeverbal,physicalorcyber; thiscouldincludeverbalharassmentorthreat,physicalassault,andtormentsthroughacompute, forexamplesocialwebsitessuchasFacebook.Bullyingcanberepeatedtowardsvictimsbasedon their,religion,gender,sexuality,orability.Inourproductioncyberbullyingoccursthrough Facebook,andphysicalandverbalbullyingoccursfacetoface. Therearemanywaysteenagerscanescapebullying;theobviousistotellateacher,parentsor familymemberwhocanthengivethemadviceandhelpthemseekhelporsortaproblemoutwith maybecausingthebullying.Iftalkingtotheabovepeopleisnotwhatthevictimwantstodothen theycanringbullylinewhichallowsthemtospeaktoprofessionalswhodontknowthemortheir familyandwhoarequalifiedtohelpgivethemadviceandstopthemfromgettingbullied.Inour productionourvictimringsbullylinetotryseekhelpasshesshadenoughafteryearsofbeing bulliedforbeingandoutsider. Differentkindsofbullying: HomophobicBullyingsomeonebecausetheyareadifferentsexualorientationfromyou.Saying thatsomeoneisgayorusingwordslikegayasaninsult.Inourproductionourmain charactergetsbulliedbecausesheisalesbianandgetsmessagessenttoherthrough Facebookcallingheralesbo. RacismTreatingpeopledifferentlybecauseoftheirrace,thecolouroftheirskin,wheretheyare fromorwhattheybelieveinandusingoffensivewordsthatdescriberacetobullypeople. SexismTreatingpeopledifferentlybasedonwhethertheyarefemaleormale.Forexample, thinkingthatboysarebetterthangirls. Disabilitytreatingsomeonedifferentlyiftheyaredisabled,orusingoffensivelanguageto describepeoplewhoaredisabledandusingthistobullypeople. AppearanceBullyingsomeonebecausetheylookdifferentsuchasiftheyhavegingerhairor wearglasses,ourmaincharacterwearsglasseswhichleadsthebulliestotormenthermore asshelooksdifferenttothem. ClassistDecidingthatsomeoneisfromaparticularsocialclassusuallyiftheyareseenasbeing richorpoorandbullyingthembecauseofthis.Forexample,callingsomebodya,'chav'or,'snob'.