It is always seen that boys are aggressors, but there are some girls who bully and these girls can be a huge worry for other girls. Girl bully techniques are not physical violence or straightforward abuse, but the tactics employed are quiet and convert. These tactics involve rumor mongering, exclusion, internet harassment. Their main motive is to spoil other girls’ self-esteem.
The article speaks about recognizing girl bullies, their ways of bullying, its impact as well as steps to prevent bullying.
You may have experienced girl bullies in your school. Girl bullies haunt the innocent girls and thus it becomes necessary to deal with them. Girl bullies are hard to recognize as their peer interactions are more cerebral and less physical. As mentioned earlier, they are quietly vicious and hence adults fail to realize their bullying behavior. Girls, who bully, will target boys as well as girls and will do so in packs.
Girls, often bully by emotional violence. They often harass people by making anonymous prank phone calls or prank emails from fake accounts. They often play jokes and tricks on others to humiliate or embarrass others. They also spread false rumors, incite others to act violently as well as alienate others.
According to survey, it has been found that girl bullies are a result of peer rejection as well as lack of meaningful relationships. These girls are so good at manipulating people and thus, it harms their ability to create meaningful relationships as well as successful careers. Girl bullies are often jealous, have superiority complex, lack of understanding as well as poor impulse control.
You can prevent bullying by getting at the root of the cause. Thus, introduce antibullying campaigns in schools as well as teach the students healthy communication skills. Make sure, that the basic needs of the students are met. Similarly, find healthy ways of dealing with the conflicts.
Thus, it is high-time that the bullying problem needs to be solved, not just solving gender difference in bullying but to eradicate the problem completely.
Try and be assertive and rebuff girl bullies' attempts to draw you into a conflict.