What Role Do Bystanders Play In Bullying?

People may not realize it, but bystanders play a huge role in bullying. By not stepping in or telling someone about it, they are making the problem worse. A bystander intervening could stop someone from getting hurt, and even prevent bullying from happening in the future. If a bystander does not say or do anything about it, they are contributing to the issue. There are more bystanders than there are bullies, so it is their choice to help or hurt the situation.

Merriman Webster’s Dictionary defines a bully as “one habitually cruel to others who are weaker.” One could venture to say that bullies have been around as long as there have been stronger and weaker people in the world. Miller (2012) points out that oftentimes bullies are people who are aware of the variation in others because they themselves have experienced the world in some way that is different from the general norm. He goes on to mention that bullying could be considered a form of microaggression and assumes many different shapes. Lastly, he identifies a series of different types of bullying that bullies can perpetuate which include: verbal, physical, material, relational, hate-motivated, and cyber (Miller 2012).

Bullying happens because people are in difficult situations. Bullies often have troubled backgrounds or family situations. Bullies take out their frustration on people they view as easy targets. Bullies physically and mentally abuse others in an attempt to raise their own self esteem.

Chapter three - How people can prevent bullying from happening. What can you do if you are the Bystander?

Bullying is when a person or group frequently harms someone who is weaker or more vulnerable then themselves. They do this by means of physical, verbal, or mental abuse. Bullies can be male, female, young or old. The nature of a bully depends on many factors such as sex, age, and past experiences. Depending on the nature of the bully, their actions can have many negative effects on others. Bullies display many characteristics such as aggression, rivalry, and competitive behavior. Bullying occurs in many different places, a good example is in the novel The Lord of the Flies. Jack, the antagonist in this novel, displays many characteristics of a bully. Many children have been

A bully is someone who tries to bring you down so they can feel higher, they want

In Lord of the Flies, the kids secluded Piggy from their group because of the way he acted and his appearance was different from his peers. Children with abnormal appearances or who suffer from disabilities are more likely endure constant harassment from their peers in the classroom, this behavior is unacceptable and needs to be addressed. Bullying is when one person intimidates another. Bullying involves an aimed threat of physical aggression and is done by a larger or older person toward a smaller or younger person.

A bully is a person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker. There are so many people that get bullied every year and some of them end up committing suicide. The funniest part about a bully is it is all fun and games to be mean to somebody until you see an adult coming. In ninth grade I overheard a kid getting bullied. He was getting bullied for the clothes he wears and the way he talked. There were a whole group

Being a bully means excessively teasing, making fun of a person, or abusing someone. Most bullies are bullied themselves so the only way they know how to get their anger out is by doing the same to other people by hitting, pushing, and taking their things. In Lord of the Flies Piggy was watching two of the boys argue and instead of them hitting each other one of them hit Piggy and broke his glasses. The schools need to start punishing people because

Most of the incident in regards with bullying are either online or on campus. When it occurs in campus most of the students surrounding the occasion of when bullying occurs become the bystanders and prefer not to take action upon it to try to avoid being in it when since the beginning the teens were already part of the problem. The teens believe that being part of the problem is when their is a verbal accusation and believe that just watching the bullying occur will avoid the teen from being involved in the situation. In the survey the students were asked if one of their friends have been bullied and if they were a bystander. Surprisingly 628 students said that seeing bullying and stopping the problems was not a part of the teens experience in high school. In the other hand only 247 students said that they were bystanders. Usually when a teen becomes the bystanders it's to entertain the crowd of kids around causing the bully to feel more in power of the

School bullies are very demanding and destructive to their victims. Many people suffer from bullying. Bullies tease, push, and just bring people down. Ordinarily

An appropriate step of a bystander is getting help by telling a friend or a trusted adult. A trusted adult can assess the argument between the bully and the victim. The impartial decision and solution made by the adult may have unwanted consequences for the bully. “When it comes to empowering bystanders, simply telling students to “tell an adult” is not enough.” As another step, the bystander must be vocal by expressing how the victim might feel by being bullied. As a bystander takes the risk of getting involved, a friend is all that may be needed by a victim to share the feeling of being alone, scared, and helpless. With only 63% of students reporting watching a bullying incident, there is still plenty of work to be done by the bystanders, (https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beyond-pink-and-blue/201504/bullying-hurts-everyone-even-bystanders). When a bystander decides to take action and acts on the behalf of the victim, nearly 57% of the bullying incidents stop, 4(https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/beyond-pink-and-blue/201504/bullying-hurts-everyone-even-bystanders). Even all of the ages one through twele grades are getting bullied even adults. It is not easy to stand up to a bully even when the bully does not stop. We, the people, of the United States have the right and responsibility to stop all

"It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies but just as much to stand up to our friends." -J.K. Rowling. According to Source 1, students are bullied because bullies think they are bigger, faster, stronger, or just better than the victim. According to www.stompoutbullying.org, kids bully because they don't get enough attention at home, or they are raised to think it is okay. Bystanders are worse than bullies because they encourage the bully, they cause the victim's pain, if there weren't bystanders, there would be less bullies, and the bystanders will have to live with immense pain and guilt if the victim commits suicide.

First of all, bullies are the worse than bystanders. They are the ones who starts the cruel bullying. Many bullies start bullying to feel like their in a group so they can connect with other

What is a bully? A bully is a person who uses strength or power to harm or intimidate those who are weaker. There are many types of bullying. There is verbal bullying when someone is saying or writing mean things. Verbal bullying includes teasing, name-calling, inappropriate sexual comments, and threatening to cause self harm. Another form of bullying is social bullying. It involves hurting someone’s reputation or relationship. Social bullying includes spreading rumors about someone, telling other children not to be friends with someone, and embarrassing someone in public. Then there is physical bullying which involves hurting a person’s body or possessions. Which includes hitting or kicking, tripping, taking or breaking someone’s things.