9 th Grade Health

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Physical or psychological intimidation that occurs repeatedly over time
Bullying can be overt (i.e., teasing, hitting, or stealing); boys are most often overt bullies
Bullying can be covert (i.e., spreading rumors or exclusion); girls are most often covert bullies

 - Involve physical violence or verbal abuse
 Include damaging or stealing another individual’s possessions
 Involve excluding people by encouraging others to not have anything to do with them; spreading rumors

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Bullies often come from homes that use physical punishment to discipline
Caregivers of bullies are typically uninvolved and lack warmth
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Craving attention?
Children who bully are often defiant toward authority figures and are apt to break rules
 This is not ALWAYS but OFTEN

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Form of harassment using technology 
Text messages, Facebook, Twitter,
Instagram, Snapchat, etc.
It can sometimes be done anonymously
– so you do not know who is doing it.
The best way to avoid cyber-bullying is to be careful with your personal information and what you do online.
**Don't put your personal

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Is this a picture something I want EVERYONE to see? (Your parents, grandparents, teachers, law enforcement, college admission officers, human resource for possible job opportunity…etc.)
Any picture posted on the web can be downloaded by ANYONE and or copied or posted online FOREVER… it doesn’t go away…

 What is It?
 What you can do if it happens to you?
 How to avoid doing it?

 What is HARASSMENT?
 The act of annoying: annoyance, bothering, exasperation, irritation, pestering, provocation, vexation.

Sexual Harassment
Unwanted Behavior
Hostile (Work) Environment
Quid Pro Quo Harassment

 The law defines Sexual Harassment as
Sexual harassment is harassment or unwanted and unwelcome attention or behavior of a sexual nature .
 It interferes with your life, and your ability to function at work, home, or at school
 Sexual Harassment is Illegal and NEVER
OK

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QUID PRO QUO
(“This for That”)
Harassment for a favor
Harasser is usually an authority figure
(POWER)
HOSTILE
ENVIRONMENT
 Unwelcomed sexual conduct, that limits a person’s performance in school or at work

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 Non-Touch
Verbal-Name Calling
Threats
Jokes
Rumors
Comments about Bodies
Gestures
Looks
Leers
Written notes
Bathroom walls
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 Touch
Grabbing
Pushing
Cornering
Unwanted kissing
Rape
Rubbing up against someone
Tickling

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 SEXUAL
HARASSMENT:
 Illegal
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FLIRTING:
Legal
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 Never OK
OK
 Wanted
Unwanted
Put Down
Feels Bad
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Compliment
Feels Good
 One-Way
 Two-Way

 The Person getting the attention always gets to decide.

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1. Sex role stereotyping which is demeaning and involves unequal treatment of an individual on the basis of that person's gender.
2. Gender abuse; which can be either visual or verbal, such as the display of demeaning posters, cartoons, nudity or offensive sexual jokes about gender.
3. Visual or verbal expressions about an individual which are sexual in nature.
4. Criminal touching or actions not involving touching but which are offensive to the extent that they visually or emotionally shock the conscience of a reasonable person.
5. Asking for sexual favors in exchange for job benefits.
6. Any unwelcome sexual behavior initiated by a supervisor, employee, volunteer or non-employee

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Humiliation
Emotional Distress
Poor school/job performance
Unpleasant school/work environment
Depression

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Try ignoring them. Sometimes this is enough to let someone know that they have offended you, or that your are not interested in them.
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If it continues, tell them to stop, warn them that if it continues, you will have to report the harassment. Is this easy to do? Would you need support? How or where would you get support?
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If it continues, or they have been unable to confront the harasser, then they need to report. Who can you go to in school?
4. If it happens in a workplace, there are policies in place to report to supervisors or others in authority

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 1. Talk to someone, such as a friend, parent, or trusted adult. It is important to confide in someone.
2. Avoid being alone with the harasser.
3. Say no so that others around you know what is happening.
 4. Know your rights. Under the Civil Rights
Act, sexual harassment is against the law.
5. Keep a dated, written record of all incidents.
6. Find out if others have been harassed and might be willing to come forward to confront the harasser.

 1. Make unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature.
 2. Make submission to or rejection of sexual advances the basis for employment opportunities affecting employees.
 3. Create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment through unwanted conduct or communication of a sexual nature.
 How can this be seen in your lives during school?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLlTGq3UH38
NJ Law:
NJ recently passed a law that allows minors, who engage in “sexting”, to avoid prosecution under the State of New Jersey’s child pornography laws the first time they get caught.
Under the new law, juveniles caught using their cell phones to send sexually explicit images will be required to attend a State sponsored educational program designed to educate the juveniles about the dangers of sending sexually explicit images.

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It is a CRIME to:
Permit a child to engage in a prohibited sexual act or in the simulation of such an act if the person knows, has reason to know or intends that the prohibited act may be photographed, filmed, reproduced, or reconstructed in any manner, including on the Internet, or may be part of an exhibition or performance.
Photograph or film a child in a prohibited sexual act or in the simulation of such an act or who uses any device, including a computer, to reproduce or reconstruct the image of a child in a prohibited sexual act or in the simulation of such an act.
Knowingly receive for the purpose of selling or who knowingly sells, provides, transfers, publishes, distributes, circulates, exhibits, advertises, offers or agrees to offer, through any means, including the Internet, any visual image which depicts a child engaging in a prohibited sexual act or in the simulation of such an act
Knowingly possess or knowingly view any visual image which depicts a child engaging in a prohibited sexual act or in the simulation of such an act, including on the Internet.

 If convicted it can result in up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $150,000.
 However, if you are convicted of possession of sexually explicit material you could face up to 18 months in jail and a fine.
 If convicted, the offender will be registered as a sex offender

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 Children who are bullied are often insecure, socially isolated, anxious, and have low self-esteem
 Target?
They are un likely to defend themselves or retaliate
Some people believe that it is OK to bully people who are different from them.
- They may pick on people from minority groups, such as people with disabilities, people from different races and cultures, or people who are attracted to the same sex.
- They may pick on people who do not conform to stereotypes of what it is to be 'cool'
- They may pick on people who are different because they are smaller, quieter, brighter, have different values

 Bullies often target people who seem vulnerable and less able to protect themselves.
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Sometimes people have grown up with violence or harassment in their lives and have come to believe this is a normal way of relating to others.
The HARASSER has low self-esteem and this is their way of making themselves feel better.

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Children can carry bullying behaviors into adulthood and experience difficulty in forming and maintaining relationships
Children who are bullied often experience low self-esteem and depression even into adulthood
Children who are bullied perceive school as an unsafe place and are likely to miss more days of school than their peers, as a result their education is negatively affected

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