Bullying

Bullying entails emotional, verbal or physical abuse from an individual or group to any given target. Bullying has no age limit or a set place for attack, it can occur in schools, in neighbourhoods or in the workplace. It exists between for example social groups and classes.

Unlike some proposed bad behaviours such as lying and masturbation bullying however can be prevented. According to the NSPCC http://www.nspcc.org.uk/Inform/research/statistics/bullying_statistics_wda48744.html 31% of children experienced bullying during childhood in the setting of school. From this a quarter of the children said to suffer long term harmful effects lasting into adulthood. Some long term affects of bullying include anxiety, lack of self esteem, trust issues and interpersonal issues including avoidance of social situations.

Over the last few years, it is apparent that the use of the internet has thoroughly increased, in correlation there has also been a rise in the use of social networking sites, for example Facebook. Along with this increase in usage of technology, it has also seen an increase in cyber bullying. Via the link http://www.dailymail.co.uk/article-1158736/Facebook-Twitter-fuelling-epidemic-online-bullying.html it proposes that social websites such Facebook stem cyber bullying, with one in every three British children being the victim of abuse via the internet.

The fact is, bullying is immoral. It makes victims of the innocent with harmful side effects. It is definitively a bad behaviour. This given behaviour can cause malfunction to a person's life and has even been seen to increase levels of suicide. There are many books, articles, websites, phone lines and people that are in place to tackle the issue which I personally find an extremely worthwhile cause.