3.3 Bullying

Question 1

4 Types of bullying

Answer 1

1) Physical bullying
2) Verbal bullying
3) Social bullying
4) Cyber bullying

Question 2

3 common reasons bullying occurs

Answer 2

1) Lacking close freinds
2) Being shy and timid
3) Having special education needs

Question 3

Non-religious deeper reason why bullying occurs

Answer 3

Inequality and power imbalances allows people to bully others about being lower than them in a certain aspect. Marx says in a completely equal society there would be no possibility of bullying

Question 4

Religious deeper reason why bullying occurs

Answer 4

Due to original sin our nature has been corrupted and turned love and hope for each other into things like envy. Envy is what turns us into bullies and why we bully others.

Question 5

Religious attitude to bullying

Answer 5

Bullying is a violation of basic human dignity of other people and therefore breaks several christian principles. “imago dei” “Your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit

Question 6

Religious accepting attitude of bullying

Answer 6

Some verses show Christianity as a religion of victimhood that welcomes being bullied “blessed are the meek”

Question 7

3 solutions to bullying

Answer 7

1) Make it illegal
2) Remove heirachy in society
3) Call out any form of bullying heard