How Bullying Affects Everyone

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How Bullying Affects Everyone
Bullying occurs all over the world, no matter where you are. Bullying is a physical and, or verbal harassment of others, which is caused by an imbalance of power distributed among people. Bullies can bully others through the imbalance of power, through an increase in popularity, physical strength, access to embarrassing information about others, starting rumors about others, or making fun of their race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation. Bullying can affect everyone in the act of bullying. Bullying can affect everyone from the bully themselves, the people being bullied, or even a bystander watching the bullying the occur.
. Some victims can not cope with their own bullying, so they escape everything by taking their own life. Common effects of bullying include suicide. “Over 14 percent of high school students have considered suicide, and almost 7 percent have attempted it”("Bullying Statistics", 2015). According to recent studies, research has shown that teenagers bullied by peers are 2.5 more likely to have
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Bystanders are innocent people present during the bullying. Bystanders feel as though they should not involve him or herself or intervene in the bullying. After dealing with it for a while they become less responsive when bullying occurs. “Bystanders also can be affected by what is known as the bystander effect, which happens when a group of people watches a bullying incident and no one responds(Gordon, Gordon, "Verywell", 2015). They may start to feel anxious, fearful, or avoidance because they do not want to be involved. They may start to feel stress or guilt for not intervening and helping. They may decrease school activity and function as well as their focus and attention. Even though bystanders are not the most affected people during a bullying incident, they are still affected by