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My topic is bullying and gender association in America today.

What is the difference between male bullying and female bullying in grades K-12 in America's generation today?

-  What are the causes for the differences between the two genders? 

- What are the different effects that bullying can cause to girls in our generation?

- What are the different effects that bullying can cause to boys in our generation

- Does the media have an impact on why kids bully in grades K-12?

- What are the differences of bullying and the effects it has today compared to past generations?

- Does location have an effect on the way an individual bullies? (City areas compared to suburban areas compared/ richer cities compared to poorer cities)

I’m really interested in what may be the causes for the differences in bullying between the genders. Also, I’m interested if the effects bullying can cause due to the difference in gender.

By investigating this topic, I can hopefully get a feel for the causes of bullying and be able to recognize when the bullying actually starts, not when the one being bullied actually comes forward by it. By becoming acquainted with the actions that lead up to bullying and the effects that follow when one is victimized, we can eventually nip the problem in the bud before it causes detrimental effects to those that are being bullied. With growing media coverage for kids who attempt suicide or start school shootings due to being bullied, I think it’s clear that this is becoming a larger nationwide problem. Since, majority of us will have a family potentially in the future, this is something we need to be aware of.

In many of my sources, there was evidence that led the researcher to believe that there is a correlation between gender and bullying; that there is a difference between male bullying and female bullying. Males tend to be more open and aggressive about it, while girls are more secretive and manipulative in their ways of bullying. The outcomes are usually the same, in which the victim starts to have a decrease in their self-esteem, which has many psychological effects. Also, bullying has been starting younger and younger in this generation.