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Can verbal bullying be seen as psychological rape?

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The effects of rape can include both the initial physical trauma as well as deep psychological trauma. Although rape victims ... as drug assisted date rape. Forced sexual assault frequently causes visible bruising or bleeding in and around the vaginal or anal area and bruises on other parts of the body from coercive violence. read more

And yes, bullying is abusive too and people in abusive relationships bully their victims. But verbal bullying doesn't necessarily lead to the total loss of autonomy of the victim in the way that emotional or physical rape does. This doesn't mean that verbal bullying isn't traumatic. It is. It can cause PTSD. read more

I recently went to see the new documentary Bully and came out feeling that the movie needs to be seen by as many people as possible – particularly preteens, teens, parents (even of very young children), teachers, and school administrators. read more

In my opinion, physical bullying is just a euphemism for "assault" or "assault and battery" which are criminal offenses and should not ever be tolerated in the workplace, at school, or even in the home (but I'm kind of radical in that regard.) Zero tolerance IS the right approach to physical bullying. read more

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