Girls and Bullying

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Girls and Bullying

• The bullying that is hard to see
• Relational Aggression

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What is bullying?

• Rumor spreading
• Secret divulging
• Alliance-building
• Backstabbing
• Ignoring

Bullying cAN BE unprovoked
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What is bullying? (continued)

• Excluding
• Verbal insults
• Hostile body language, i.e. eye-rolling, smirking
• Making fun of clothes or appearance
• Bumping into someone

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It all adds up

• When any of these things occur repeatedly to one
  particular person that constitutes bullying.

Are these girls bullies?
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What kind of girl bullies?

• Popular
• Gets along with adults
• Can be friends with the girl she bullies
• Does well in school

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What does she do?

• Gossips
• Spreads rumors
• Excludes others
• Shares secrets
• Teases girls about hair, weight, intelligence,
  etc.

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What does she do? (continued)

• Usually bullies in a group
• Pressures other girls to join her

Are these girls bullies?
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Why does she bully?

• She might
• Need attention or drama
• Be jealous or angry
• Crave competition or
• Be afraid of competition (insecure)

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How does she bully?
Are these girls bullies?

• She seeks to increase her social status by
  isolating the person she bullies
• She acts innocent to avoid being caught or
  accountable

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What are the effects of bullying?

• Drop in grades
• Low self esteem
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Drug use
• Eating disorders

Is this girl a victim of bullying?
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What can you do about it?

• Recognize bullying when it happens
• Imagine how the girl being bullied feels
• Get an adult involved immediately.

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More you can do.

• Do not associate with friends who require things
  or favors of you as a condition of friendship.
• Do not participate in gossip. This includes being
  a third-party messenger.

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More.

• Assess your situation by knowing who is good and
  who is not in your circle of friends.
• Maintain an open and honest relationship with
  your parents and family to maintain a support
  system in trying times.

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Bullies or not?
Are these girls bullies?
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Think about it.

• What acts of bullying have I witnessed?
• What did I do?
• What could I do next time?

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When you are silent or do nothing you are giving
the message that you approve !!!!!!!!
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School consequences

• Bullying will be treated as acts of aggression
  and will follow the Anacapa Progressive
  Discipline Policies