Regarding Bullying

The effects go on to include the family of the targets, damaging marriages and transferring feelings of guilt and shame onto their children. Physical aches and pain are common, including headache, nausea, stomachaches, skin rashes, sleep difficulties, and other stress-related illnesses. Stress can lead to heart disease, suicide, diabetes, and complicate a host of other illnesses. 

The bullies have their own set of statistics. The data derived from the same surveys indicate 

Women bullies chose women targets 87% of the time, men 13% of the time. Men who were bullies chose women targets 71% of the time and chose men 29% of the time. 

Probability of women targets to be bullied by women is 63% and the probability for men to be the 

Bullies had a higher rank than the target 71% of the time men 76% and women were 67%. 

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What is a bully and what are the typical characteristics Here are some definitions from a wide sample of research that is attempting to address the problem. This is an excerpt of facts regarding bullying from the 2003 Report on Abusive Workplaces sponsored by the WBTI principal investigator was Gary Namie, PhD. 

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