What are the different kinds of Bullies?

Friday, 17 October 2008 18:38

FAQ There are four main types of Bullies:

Physical Bullies
Physical bullies are action-oriented. This type of bullying includes hitting or kicking the victim, or, taking or damaging the victim's property. This is the least sophisticated type of bullying because it is so easy to identify. Physical bullies are soon known to the entire population in the school. As they get older, their attacks usually become more aggressive. These aggressive characteristics manifest themselves as bullies become adults.

Verbal Bullies
Verbal bullies use words to hurt or humiliate another person. Verbal bullying includes name-calling, insulting, making racist comments and constant teasing. This type of bullying is the easiest to inflict on other children. It is quick and to the point. It can occur in the least amount of time available, and its effects can be more devastating in some ways than physical bullying because there are no visible scars.

Relational Bullies
Relational or relationship bullies try to convince their peers to exclude or reject a certain person or people and cut the victims off from their social connections. This type of bullying is linked to verbal bullying and usually occurs when children (most often girls) spread nasty rumors about others or exclude an ex-friend from the peer group. The most devastating effect with this type of bullying is the rejection by the peer group at a time when children most need their social connections.

Reactive victims
Reactive victims straddle a fence of being a bully and or victim. They are often the most difficult to identify because at first glance they seem to be targets for other bullies. However, reactive victims often taunt bullies, and bully other people themselves. Most of the incidents are physical in nature. These victims are impulsive and react quickly to intentional and unintentional physical encounters. In some cases, reactive victims begin as victims and become bullies as they try to retaliate. A reactive victim will approach a person who has been bullying him/her and say something like, "You better not bug me today, otherwise I'll tell the teacher and boy, will you be in trouble, so you just better watch out."

Statements such as this are akin to waving a red flag in front of a raging bull, and may provoke a bully into action. Reactive victims then fight back and claim self defense. Reactive victims need to learn how to avoid bullies.

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crack pipe said:

	... lmfao
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June 08, 2009 7:12am
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cotts said:

	bully i was bully in school when i was in the 8th grade because i was dump not good in my school work
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July 30, 2009 7:30pm
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loot said:

	bully anyone know what kind of bully my friend is? He bully's other bullies... Si that even bully?ing
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August 30, 2009 10:51pm
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shroomie said:

	... haha
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October 05, 2009 11:33am
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Hurt said:

Bullying isnt funny
Ive gone through being bullied i once was a bi standar, the victim ( More then anything else) and even the bully .... I say stop stand up to those who bully and show the bullied that really they only picked u because you have or they think u have a perfect life... because u can show the world ur smile and say i have a million reasons to smile and jus 3 reasons to cry... I say step in to help those in need did you know that there are 17 suicides everyday because of bullying and every 17 seconds someone tries... Honestly i think stop the suicide stop the bullies and stop the war then maybe just maybe we can fix the world inch by inch and we dont have to cry when we here about the poor countries or someone getting shot

October 19, 2009 10:41am
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david stallard said:

	Bully You wanna kno what kinda bully i am if i get bullied imma bully back cus i dont play nd dat stuff aint funny forreal put dat in yo pipe nd smoke it
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November 10, 2009 11:53am
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Ashley said:

	ppl r mean ppl r mean if they want to hurt a nother human being and thats not right would you want some one to come up to u and push you down i think ppl like that need to get a life and go some where, where they r wanted cause if any one comes up to me like that i will hit them so hard that i will be the only last thing they will see, now put that in your pipe and smoke it booyah!!!!!!!!
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November 11, 2009 8:18am
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Derek Alvez said:

	What teh Eff Who is that retard above me?..... Kids now a days....
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November 23, 2009 4:13pm
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Chris Badman said:

	I was A Bully. 'I used to be a bully down secondary, school, cos i found it funny, even though bullying ppl was normal back then these days it's not allowed , i used to throw condoms, banana's apples at people because i just found it funny and a huge joke, these days things have changed around, i look so hot for a guy these days girls are just making me look like a hot knob..
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January 07, 2010 10:53pm
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sexygirl said:

	mean ppl if someone bully me wtf imma bully them back y wld I sit there and let some1 bully me while I sit there and CRY
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