It can include verbal harassment, physical assault or coercion and may be directed repeatedly towards particular victims, perhaps on grounds of race, religion, gender, orientation or ability.
The "imbalance of power" may be social power and/or physical power.
The UK currently has no legal definition of bullying,while some U.S. states have laws against it.
- Bullying is an act of repeated aggressive behavior in order to intentionally hurt another person, physically or mentally.
Bullying is characterized by an individual or a group behaving in a certain way to gain power over another person.
Norwegian researcher Dan Olweus defines bullying as when a person is
"Exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more other persons."
He defines negative action as
"When a person intentionally inflicts injury or discomfort upon another person, through physical contact, through words or in other ways".
(Sources: Wikipedia and own expriences)
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