1. BULLYING
What it is, how to handle it, and ways to prevent it from happening to you and your friends!

2. WHAT IS BULLYING?
BULLYING is any repeated mean look, gesture, word, or action that hurts a person’s body, things, feelings, or relationships.
BULLYING involves a power difference with an intent to harm or upset the victim.

3. BULLYING BEHAVIOR Mean Looks Mean Gestures Mean Words Mean Actions
Eye rolling, intimidating stares, looks of disgust, etc.
Mean Gestures
Holding nose, fist pounding, limp wrists, obscene gestures, etc.
Mean Words
Insults, rumors, put-downs, threats, etc.
Mean Actions
Pushing, hitting, kicking, spitting, tripping, mean tricks, silent treatment, social exclusion, emotional blackmail, etc.

4. WHAT IS BULLYING? How many different types do you see?

5. Those with power are often:
WHAT IS POWER?
Those with power are often:
popular
wealthy
bigger
have influential, important parents
older
have strong verbal skills, “wit”, etc.
athletically talented

6. WHAT IS POWER? Those without power are often: overweight
very intelligent
“nerdy”
smelling bad and/or look dirty
smaller and/or weaker
of a different race or ethnicity
shy and/or passive
gay or perceived to be gay

7. Stand up if someone has:
called you a rude or nasty name.
pushed you down to hurt you.
rolled their eyes at you in a mean way.
hit you on purpose.
teased you because of how you look
picked on you because of your size.
spread a rumor about you.
excluded you from a group, a party, a lunch table, etc.
We have ALL been bullied. We ALL know what it feels like.
We ALL must work to stop it in our school.

8. How would you feel if this happened to you?

9. Why does a person decide to bully?
Obtain power and control
Create excitement
Become “popular”, the center of attention
To feel superior over others
Get attention from other peers
Jealousy
Revenge
To get their own way
Because they are bullied, too

10. Why does a person decide to bully?

11. HARASSMENT Is a particular form of bullying
Can be sexual, cultural, or racial
Definition of sexual harassment:
An unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature that is repeated, nonreciprocal, unwanted, and which creates a hostile, offensive, or intimidating school atmosphere.

12. SEXUAL HARASSMENT