Why do bullies get angry when you stand up for yourself?

Don't respond. If they call you names then don't say anything back as this may interest or provoke the bully to shove you or ask 'Are you trying to be rude to me?' If it continues, standing up for yourself is the most important thing. read more

When you stand up for yourself against a bully (male or female), that power, security, peace and rush is threatened. Of course, they don’t like it. It also scares them. Thus they get angry or more appropriately go into a rage. read more

Best Answer: It's good that you stand up for yourself. Really. But when you do, you need not be confrontational or antagonistic. Perhaps you were fired not so much for tagging, which you weren't even guilty of, but for being unnecessarily confrontational. Just a thought. read more

Bullying is a repeated aggressive behavior where one person (or group of people) in a position of power deliberately intimidates, abuses, or coerces an individual with the intention to hurt that person physically or emotionally. read more