definition
- Systematic abuse of power
- Includes
- Physical, verbal, or psychological attack and intimidation that is intended to cause distress, fear, or harm to the victim
- An imbalance of power, with the more powerful person oppressing the less powerful one
- Rarely bully people of equal power
- Absence of provocation by the victim
- Repeated incidents between the same people over a prolonged period of time
origins
- Both the cause and consequences of problematic behaviors
- Bullies are individuals with problems
- Emotional
- Psychological
- May lead to future psycopathological behaviors
- More bullying and violence
- Educational
- Being bullied can lead to being bullied
- Gang mentality (social group inclusion)
- Important in Korean bullying
- To create a group, you create an outsider
- Typical victims
- Disadvantaged
- Social
- Emotional
- Physical
- Those who don’t fit in immediately
- New or unconnected students
- Minorities
bullying in Korea
- Generally larger groups
- Product of civilization
- Class-based
- Patriarchal rule
- Hierarchical societies
- Power over an individual
- Shuttles (enslavement)
- Humans as economic instruments
- Bread shuttle
- Bag shuttle
- Homework shuttle
- Social media shuttle: liking content and positive comments
- Wang-tta 왕따
- Student singled out by group to be bullied
- Ignored by everyone (social outcast)
- If you interact with them, you become a social outcast
- Often ignored by teachers
- Scolding produces silence
- Punishing whole group causes retribution on victim
- Bullying of student worsens
- Few guidance councilors in most schools