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What's the difference between bullying and teasing?

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Last Updated: 06/11/2022 at 2:26pm
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Anonymous
March 30th, 2022 5:29pm
Bullying is defined as the abuse, violent dominance, or intimidation of someone by the use of force, coercion, harsh teasing, or threat. It is a habitual and repeated behaviour. The sense of an imbalance of physical or social power (by the bully or others) is a must. Bullying differs from disagreement because to this imbalance.Bullying is done for pleasure and ego gratification, and when it comes to teasing, I believe there are different bonds. If you love someone, and they taunt you, we take it in good humour, and if it's a friend, we take it lightly. Teasing is not done on purpose or for ego satisfaction.Such teasing could be a prelude to intercourse or not, creating an uncertainty that can lead to awkward circumstances.
missriverlily
May 12th, 2022 3:22am
bullying is intended to harm someone and to make them feel guilty or bad in some way; its meant to hurt a person or group of people. meanwhile teasing is intended as a joke, its playful and not meant to hurt anybody. for example, homophobia/racism/sexism. these "topics" are used against people, and many homophobes/racists/sexists use hurtful slurs to purposefully make people of those minorities feel bad about themselves and feel hurt about who they are. teasing is almost the opposite, its used in a playful manner to jokingly make fun of or include someone in a conversation. bullying is harmful, teasing is not.