What is the difference between teasing and bullying?
Different bullying experts have different ideas about the difference between teasing and bullying. Most of them think that difference is in the intention of the person doing it. Accoring to this, the teasing is intended to make the victim laugh, while bullying is meant to hurt the victim. This distinction is used by adult authority to determine whether a kid should be punished. If the insulter was just “teasing,” then then the bahavior is not so bad and perhaps doesn’t deserve punishment. But if the teaser was intending to upset the victim, then that is bullying and needs to be responded to more harshly. While I think this is makes sense, it does not describe well what goes on in the life of the victim and is not useful for our purposes. You can make fun of someone with the intention of making them laugh, but they will become angry with you, and you will get angry in return. What began as something playful was turned by the victim into a hostile situation. On the other hand, you can ma
