The Victim

Kids and teens are at risk of cyber bullying and that risk grows more every day due to the popularity of the Internet. The issues of cyber bullying and bullying have increased over the years to an alarming proportions. Some victims of cyber bullying are so tormented that some turn to the permanent solution, suicide. The social constructionist perspective focuses on how a problem becomes defined. In particular, it examines how powerful groups, such as politicians, religious leaders, and the media…

However, it is clear from the above stories that although the practice is outlawed, slavery continues to persist. David Mascri reports in his journal, Human Trafficking and Slavery, that over the last decade 750,000 people sex-trafficking victims have been brought into the United States. In countries like Albania, Moldova, Ukraine, India, Nepal, and Sudan people are trafficked by the tens of thousands (Mascri, 2004). These numbers are hard for me to comprehend. I can’t imagine the horror of…

Bullying has become a widespread social issue that continues to affect adolescents as an unwanted and aggressive behavior involving a form of repetition and power imbalance (1). This condition has become widely prevalent in schools and affects students both emotionally and physically with the possibility of long term effects. The common forms of bullying in a school environment can either be physical, verbal, social or technological. Correspondingly, it impacts students despite gender, race,…

hurt or embarrass somebody. According to studies, about 1 in 4 teens are victims of cyberbullying, 1 in 6 have admitted to cyberbullying another person before, and over half of teens have experiences some form of abuse through social or digital media. Victims and bullies are at a greater risk of developing depression, anxiety, and other stress related disorders after severe, frequent or continuous cyberbullying. Both the victim and bullies have a higher risk of developing suicidal thoughts,…

All states have anti-bullying policies and laws. However, only certain ones are effective. States need to accept the responsibility of doing their part to end bullying. There is still quite a high level of bullying in states with anti-bullying laws, because most anti-bullying laws do not completely explain what they cover, are not worded correctly, or are too vague. Even a basic state anti-bullying law is associated with significantly lower in-person and cyberbullying reported in schools.…

Susan Glaspell, on the other hand, uses a bird and messy kitchen in Jury of Her Peers to symbolize Minnie and her domestic struggle. Both authors describe domestic duties as obstacles in women’s search for their identity or freedom and each text has a victim of these domestic duties. While the women of both text attempt to gain control over the men, for their identity in Cacoethes Scribendi and for Minnie’s freedom in Jury of Her Peers, they implement opposite strategies. The women of village H…

Cyber Bullying is the use of an electronic device in order to bully, by sending threatening or even intimidating messages. In this modern age where all teenagers have access to technology it is now fairly common that bullying takes place even outside of school and into the digital world. Bullying and Cyber Bullying is no different than each other because the end result is harming the victim’s self-esteem or even their own character. Examples of cyber bullying include mean text messages or emails…

on someone. While this policy is a major step forward in terms of advocating for survivors of childhood sexual assault and abuse there are still some questions to be raised about how the court proceedings will play out. For one, by the time the victim is an adult there usually is no longer physical evidence of the horrible crime that has been committed against them. Unless the perpetrator was atrocious enough to document the even through video or photography, the prosecution must rely on the…

wrong because it degrades women, promotes isolation, and gives the perpetrator a sense of domination over their victim. Though many believe that sexaul harassment is wrong,…

Bullying in the World I am sure that people are aware that not everyone gets a great start to life, like Jeanette Walls in The Glass Castle. Many people across the world struggle with all kinds of hardships. Others think they understand these hardships, but I believe that no one can ever truly understand until they go through it themselves. People who grow up in a better situation could never really know the feeling of being in such a poor situation. One of the major causes of these hardships…