ways of dealing with bullying
...t away with unacceptable behavior. A second way of dealing with a bully is to retaliate with either insults or physical force. It may help a person if he or she needs to defend himself or herself. Some disadvantages are that the victim will be sinking to the level of the bully, other people will think that the victim is just as bad as the bully, or a bully might complain to someone that he or she did not start the fight and will blame the real victim. This may actually increase the harassment towards the victim because he or she stood up for what was right. The bully may feel more anger toward the victim because he or she took action against the bully. A third way of dealing with harassment is to avoid areas where the bullying occurs. If one cannot avoid an area, he or she might want to take a different route to get to the area he or she needs to get to. One advantage is that it may work, but only until a better solution comes along. If the bullying occurs in a public place, for example, a bar or restaurant, one may boycott going there and get other people to boycott going to that particular place. If this does not work, he or she may need to report the bullying to the owner of the place where the harassment has occurred or go to the police and take legal action. Some disadvantages are it will limit the freedom of the victim, the bully will feel as if he or she was won because he or she succeeded in driving the victim away from a place that he or she enjoyed going to. There are several ways to stop a bully, but each has advantages and disadvantages. Bullies should real...