Bullying by definition is to seek to harm, intimidate, and coerce someone perceived as vulnerable. But it is so much more than a verbal comment or physical joust, it's about emotionally and physically scarring a person to the extent that you destroy their self-confidence, perpetrate self-doubt.
Bullying is not an act that should be taken lightly. Most of the time, the main point of bullying is to establish supremacy over another. A bully tries to inflict mental pain to the victim. People who are bullies torment others continuously in an effort to satisfy his/her ego and hide their insecurities.
Data shows that one of every five students have reported being bullied by their peers because of their sexual orientation. It also states that 41% of students who informed their teachers or professors confirmed that it only worsened their situation. Reports claim that they are called names, shoved, pushed, or excluded from group activities.
The main reason identified for bullying is due to a person’s sexual orientation.
Reports show that 27% of bullied students report that their peers don’t stand up when they or someone else is getting bullied as they are in fear of getting bullied themselves. Students who experience bullying are at an increasingly high risk of depression, anxiety, sleeping difficulties, and suicides. 4,400 people commit suicides each year due to anxiety and depression created due to bullying.
Due to the increasing numbers of such cases, is it suggested that children and adults both receive education about the LGBTQ community and teach them that their sexual orientation should be accepted rather than segregated and discriminated by the ones around them and that it is nothing to be ashamed about and that it is natural.
We have to acknowledge that bullying is more than an issue of abuse done by a person to another. It’s time to take responsibility as a society to eradicate it, rather than leave a part of yourself behind to agree to the torment of another. Even if we aren’t bullying anyone, standing and watching and yet doing nothing is in itself consent that you agree to their behavior. If we do not act when a person is getting bullied then, in the end, we're all sinners.