Is Bullying a minor version of abuse and rape?

Question

Have you ever seen girls bulling a boy? Any experience?

When I was in the university there was a lonely guy who was very studious.(VERBAL BULLYING) He never really talked with others and always studied at the library. I have often heard that girls whisper each other and giggle, saying (they whisper louder in order to make him hear them) he is g*y (and lots of other stuff )which clearly indicated he was hurt. But finally that guy found a girlfriend from the junior batch and got a first class and now doing a great job.

And I have often see this bullying thing is based on power...Bullies do this in order to show who has the power over whom. Also they get a thrill by doing this. Is this the same objectives of rapists? But I have never seen bullies get punishments.

Answer 1

It definitely isn't rape, but it does have a similar objective. And it has been punished before. It's just difficult to catch if no one reports it...which many don't, because they feel they're just being teased and are overreacting.  

If these girls are calling him names in university, they're obviously VERY immature. If anyone gets physical, the individual being bullied can charge the bullies with assault. If they are saying untruthful things about this individual, technically the bullied individual could charge the bullies with slander. So, it doesn't go unpunished unless the bullied individual lets it go unpunished.

"Here in GWS I saw a post saying that a girl was humiliated for having pimples when she was at school. I want to clarify does this comes under bullying?"

Yes, that's bullying.

Answer 2

I agreee. Usually when the work bullying is mentioned people think of one boy beating up another boy on the playground... but most of us know it's much more than that.

When I was in high school there was a girl that made fun of and picked on other people to the point where those kids woudn't want to come to school, thought about commiting suicide, got depressed and more. I think she was feeling bad about herself and decided to make someone else feel bad. All I know is I only let her get to me a few times before I ripped back into her. I know it wasn't "right" to do but I felt like if I did it then everyone else would see that she was just a bullly and would back down if they stood up.

Anyone who dislikes another person for physical looks, race, religion, financial settings, or sexual preference is an ignorant biggot moron. Come one people, there are enough bad peopld and evil out there to dislike, don't waste your time hating on someone who doesn't deserve it.

Answer 3

Abuse, yes.  Rape, no.  Bullying is something that is being largely targeted in schools.  We have a zero tolerance policy for it.  We have guidelines to follow and if the student breaks them it is an automatic referral to he office.  Much of this is coming from knowledge that has been known for many years, but has simply not been acted upon until victims of bullies have turned the bullies into victims (school shootings).

EDIT- According to our policy if this happened once and one comment was made, no.  However in most cases this does not happen just once and more than one comment is made, so most likely it is bullying.

Answer 4

You've never seen bullies get punishments? Really? Well, maybe not in colleges and universities, but in the lower education school system bullying of all types is frowned upon and can come with punishments when it occurs. That is because bullying is abusive and is harassment at it's mildest. It can escalate to assault quite easily, too.

Answer 5

It is the same objective, but the difference is that bullying isn't physical and is therefore considered a lesser charge. Which, logically, it is.

Answer 6

Bullies have a very low value placed on themselves, no self esteem, they are abusive because they try to compensate there low self esteem by pushing around others, it never fixes there personal problems and hurts others.

Answer 7

Physical bullying, (male bullying) is punished severely in our schools in Wisconsin. Emotional bullying (female bullying) is still completely allowed. Girls that do this type of bullying are usual;ly bullies for life. Boys usually grow out of it.