Bully


 
 
Bully

A bully is an individual who tends to torment others, either through verbal harassment and/or physical assaults, or through more subtle methods of coercion.

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In colloquial speech, bullying is most often used to describe a form of harassment perpetrated by a child who is in any way more powerful upon weaker peers. Bullying can occur in situations including in school or college/university, the workplace, by neighbours, and between countries (See Jingoism). Whatever the situation the power structure is typically evident between the bully and victim. It seems to those outside the relationship that the bully's power depends only upon the perception of the victim, with the victim being too intimidated to put up effective resistance. However the victim usually has just cause to be afraid of the bully due to the threat and actually carrying out of physical/sexual violence, or loss of livelihood. Bullying is behind most claims of discrimination in the workplace.


 

Torment: Torment may refer to the following:...

Harassment: Harassment refers to a wide spectrum of offensive behavior. When the term is used in a legal sense it refers to behaviours that are found threatening or disturbing, and beyond those that are sanctioned by society. In societies which support free speech, only the more repetitive, persistent and unt...

Assault: :This article is about the crime of assault; for the intentional tort, see assault (tort). For the 1988 arcade game, see Assault...


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Introduction
The behavior engaged in by Bullies: Bullying
Types of bullying
Locations of bullying
Effects of bullying
Examples of Bullies in Fiction (to be expanded)
Books
See also
External links
 


 

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Assault (2) - Victim (2) - Harassment (2) - Free speech (1) - Sexual harassment (1) - Discrimination (1) - Society (1) - Crime (1) - 1988 (1) - Arcade game (1) - Intentional tort (1) - Assault (tort) (1) - Peers (1) - School (1) - Coercion (1) -
 

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