In the article listed above, it discusses the difference between genders with reporting cyberbullying. With cyberbullying as a whole, the cyberbullying article states that “about 20%, or one in five students, reported being bullied, ranging from rumors or being excluded to threats and physical attacks in the 2016-17 school year. That’s unchanged from the previous survey done in 2014-15”. However, it is also stated that the amount of cyberbullying has increased from the previous years to now. This is an issue because as the rates of cyberbullying had increased, the rates of reporting cyberbullying has not increased.
This article says, “Broken down by gender, 21% of girls in middle and high school reported being bullied online or by text message in the 2016-17 school year, compared with less than 7% of boys”. This raises questions as to why girls report more than boys when it comes to cyberbullying. Girls are involved with more cyberbullying due to wanting to be accepted by other people, and especially their other peers that are also female. The article goes on to talk about Lauren Paul, and how she hears many stories how girls are normally bullied by other girls. Paul now has a non-profit that focuses on how girls bully girls, and this non-profit goes to many schools to give educational facts about the topic and how to stop it.
Lauren Paul hosts assemblies at many middle schools and high schools across the nation to get the word around about cyberbullying and how to stop it. There are other ways that schools and media are trying to stop cyberbullying. Schools are beginning to impose punishments (suspension, detention, etc.) when cyberbullying happens between students in their schools. The article states that even media platforms like Instagram are attempting to stop cyberbullying by monitoring their comments. If someone is about to post an offensive comment, Instagram will step in and send them a notification asking them if they really want to post this… These are small steps that can potentially help defeat cyberbullying among younger adults.
Digital Citizenship: Mallory 