Girls report more harassment amid rise in US cyberbullying

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A new survey shows there's a rise in cyberbullying nationwide and that girls are three times more likely than boys to report being harassed online or by text message. Experts say most girls are being bullied by other girls.

In this Monday, July 22, 2019, photo, Rachel Whalen looks at her phone at her home in Draper, Utah. Whalen remembers feeling gutted in high school when a former friend would mock her online postings, threaten to unfollow or unfriend her on social media and post inside jokes about her to others online. The cyberbullying was so distressing that Whalen even contemplated suicide.

The U.S. Department of Education’s research and data arm this month released its latest survey, which shows an uptick in online abuse, though the overall number of students who report being bullied stayed the same. The survey showed about 20%, or one in five students, reported being bullied, ranging from rumors or being excluded to threats and physical attacks in the 2016-17 school year. That’s unchanged from the previous survey done in 2014-15.Broken down by gender, 21% of girls in middle and high school reported being bullied online or by text message in the 2016-17 school year, compared with less than 7% of boys.

Paul recalls meeting one girl who was obsessive about her social media accounts because a group of girls excluded her if she did not get enough likes or follows in any given week. She went so far as to painstakingly create fake profiles just to meet her quota.

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Yes women are awful, nothing new here.

This is article is spot on ya'll. My three daughters talk about it all the time. Sadly, they have been on the receiving end of this. Social media does have its benefits but it has a dark underbelly as well. Adults and parents need to know what is going on so can intervene.

'A new survey shows... this.' 'Experts say most... that.' Maybe 'the other thing' is the truth?

Dear Parents, You are the adult in your child’s life. You set the rules. You set the example. You provide electronic devices. You pay for the devices. While a parent cannot stop behaviors inherent in school hallways, they certainly can reduce/limit them by being a parent.

TheJihyeLee Of course is other girls. Boys won't because they always think they have a chance.

TimOBrien FLOTUS BeBest !!!! Lol.

TimOBrien You can't be bullied if you aren't on the platform.

That last line is so true. I work in a middle school. Girls can be so vicious to each other.

ToxicFemininity

Of course there is a rise. Look at the constant bullying coming out of AOC , IlhanMN , RashidaTlaib , realDonaldTrump . Its everywhere. Why wouldn't the rest of the nation do it to eachother.

No da.

'90%...are girls being bullied by other girls.' Girls are just as much animals if not worse than boys. :/ Just like the horrific violence in Chicago of 13-15yo girls beating a 15yo special-needs girl on the South Side for not wanting to participate in sex acts. MeToo

I was told men are toxic and women were perfect

Not bullying. It is impossible to bully remotely. No fist? No bullying!

Maybe kidds shouldn't be online so much when do parents step in and take it away

Girls are mean!

“Experts say most girls are being bullied by other girls.” We always knew this was the case.

'Unfollow' or 'unfriend'. Non-serious, non-real life man made 'problems'. It's not dangerous. Get a grip

'To report'? Or 'to be'? And what are the differences of levels of harassment between boys and girls?

Block

Hey Gillette, where's your ad for toxic femininity? Oh yeah doesnt fit the narrative

Tech giants created this technology with no rules or regulations. They then convinced society that you MUST have and use this tech. This is far more damaging than anyone understands. Our physical + mental health is in danger. Our environment is contaminated.

Derrr

Experts? You monsters ate the children’s future Boomers are a locust plague No credibility

the president of the United states is harassing me. He says he wants to send me back because I'm not happy about the current state of politics even tho I have a right to speak up.

FLOTUS How’s that BeBest program working out? Seems a rise in harassment of young girls is the natural outcome of a hostile, misogynistic administration. Here’s an idea: Speak out against this! You’ve got a voice with a national audience. Why are you silently complicit?!

We have a cyberbully for a president. Sad.

Males bully each other physically, females use relational aggression. This is not special, new, or noteworthy.

“Mean girls” isn’t new, they’re just using a modern approach...

Social media is the downfall of society!!

I'm pretty sure I work with the entire cast of mean girls

So... Exactly like the real world?

Don’t worry, FLOTUS is all over it.

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