Facts and Myths about Boys, Girls, and Bullying

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Facts and Myths about Boys, Girls, and Bullying

• Olweus Class Meeting
• 05/29/13

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Opening Activity

• Today you will be taking a short, ungraded
  true/false quiz.
• Please take out a blank piece of paper and a
  pencil or pen.
• Write the numbers 1-8 down the left side of your
  paper.
• Get ready, get set..QUIZ TIME!

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Please write down true or false to these
questions

• 1.) Girls hardly ever bully its just
  something that boys do.
• 2.) Girls bully much more often than boys do.
• 3.) For boys and girls, the most common type of
  bullying is
• verbal bullying.
• 4.) Relational bullying (using relationships to
  bully another
• person) is done by girls but hardly ever by
  boys.
• 5.) Boys are more likely than girls to be
  involved in physical
• bullying.
• 6.) Boys only bully other boys. They hardly
  ever bully girls.
• 7.) Girls are more likely than boys to tell
  teachers or a
• parent if they are being bullied.
• 8.) Most boys AND girls say that they feel sorry
  when they
• see a student being bullied at school.

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Lets see how much you know about bullying.

• 1.) Girls hardly ever bully its just
  something that boys do.
• False
• 2.) Girls bully much more often than boys do.
  False
• 3.) For boys and girls, the most common type of
  bullying is
• verbal bullying. True
• 4.) Relational bullying (using relationships to
  bully another
• person) is done by girls but hardly ever by
  boys. False
• 5.) Boys are more likely than girls to be
  involved in physical
• bullying. True
• 6.) Boys only bully other boys. They hardly
  ever bully girls.
• False
• 7.) Girls are more likely than boys to tell
  teachers or a parent if
• they are being bullied. True
• 8.) Most boys AND girls say that they feel sorry
  when they see
• a student being bullied at school. - True

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How did you do?

• Count up the number of questions you got right
  and wrong.
• Did anyone answer all the items correctly?
• If so, CONGRATS ?

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Discussion Questions

• Lets review each of these statements and decide
  which of these are myths and which are facts.

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Statements 1 and 2
6-8th Grades
Girls 6.6 (13)
Boys 11.5 (25)
Girls and Boys 9.2 (38)
Girls (National Comparison) 7.3
Boys (National Comparison) 9.8
Girls and Boys (National Comparison) 8.6

• 1.) Girls hardly ever bully its just
  something that boys do. - False
• 2.) Girls bully much more often than boys do.
  False
• According to the Olweus Bullying Questionnaire
  results, this is what you reported to the
  following question
• Percentage (and number) of girls and boys who
  have bullied another student(s) 2-3 times per
  month or more in the past couple of months

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Statements 3 - 5

• 3.) For boys and girls, the most common type of
  bullying is
• verbal bullying. True
• 4.) Relational bullying (using relationships to
  bully another
• person) is done by girls but hardly ever by
  boys. False
• 5.) Boys are more likely than girls to be
  involved in
• physical bullying. True
• According to the Olweus Bullying Questionnaire
  results, this is what you reported to the
  following question
• Ways of being bullied, for students who reported
  being bullied 2-3 times a month or more

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Ways of Being Bullied Questionnaire Results

• Why do you think there are differences between
  boys and girls in the areas of rumors and
  exclusion for the ways of being bullied? Note
  that these forms of bullying are also knows as
  relational bullying.
• Why do you think there are differences between
  boys and girls in the area of racial as another
  way of being bullied?
• Feel free to view the graph again to see your
  questionnaire results.

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Statement 6

• 6.) Boys only bully other boys. They hardly
• ever bully girls. False
• Although boys are usually bullied by other boys,
  girls are bullied by both boys AND girls.
• The next slide shows our questionnaire results
  for the ways that bullied students are being
  bullied by others

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Statement 7

• 7.) Girls are more likely than boys to tell
  teachers or a parent if they are being bullied.
  True
• According to the Olweus Bullying Questionnaire
  results, this is what you reported to the
  following question
• Percentage (and number) of bullied students who
  have told a teacher or another adult at school
  about the bullying

6 8th Grades
Girls 40.0 (12)
Boys 44.8 (13)
Girls and Boys 42.4 (25)
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Statement 7 (continued)

• According to the Olweus Bullying Questionnaire
  results, this is what you reported to the
  following question
• Percentage (and number) of bullied students who
  have told a parent/guardian about the bullying

6 8th Grades
Girls 46.7 (14)
Boys 48.3 (14)
Girls and Boys 47.5 (28)
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Statement 8
6 8th Grades
Girls 93.9 (184)
Boys 76.6 (164)
Girls and Boys 84.9 (348)
Girls (National Comparison) 91.9
Boys (National Comparison) 77.7
Girls and Boys (National Comparison) 84.4

• 8.) Most boys AND girls say that they feel sorry
  when they see a student being bullied at school.
  - True
• According to the Olweus Bullying Questionnaire
  results, this is what you reported to the
  following question
• Empathy with victims. Percentage (and number)
  of students who responded feel a bit sorry or
  feel sorry and want to help when they see a
  student being bullied at school.

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To review.

• There are important similarities and differences
  in the attitudes and behaviors of boys and girls
  when it comes to bullying.
• In order to try to reduce bullying in our school,
  it is important to understand and pay attention
  to these.
• It also is important to understand how gender can
  be used to bully such as by using
  gender-related put-downs.
• Lets encourage each other not to use these, as
  they harm all of us.
• Does anyone have any other questions or comments?
  Please feel free to share them at this time.

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Current Events Related to Bullying

• Recently in the news, the CEO of Abercrombie
  Fitch, is coming under fire for remarks he made
  during an interview in May 2006.
• Mike Jeffries, CEO of A F, made the following
  comment, In every school there are the cool and
  popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool
  kids. Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We
  go after the attractive all-American kid with a
  great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of
  people dont belong in our clothes, and they
  cant belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely,
  he said.
• Here are some facts about Abercrombie Fitch
  clothes they do NOT make womens clothing
  larger than a size 10, but they DO make guys
  clothing in sizes XL and XXL why?
• Please click on the links below to see how people
  are responding to the comments made by Mike
  Jeffries (right click and click Open Link)
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?v5VRJRy9rnfEfeature
  player_embedded (The Ellen Show)
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vGXQGoIAgssA
• (ABC News clip Kirstie Alley)