4 Specific Examples Of Bullying In The Film '

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Identify at least 4 specific examples of bullying that takes place throughout the movie. Summarize the bullying incident and link it back to which type of the aggression identified in the powerpoints. (2 pts)

The first incident I found was when Lindsay was making fun of Taylor’s shoes at the begging of the movie. This is an example of direct bullying because she was saying it to Taylor’s face. This is also an example of verbal and psychological bullying, because she was making fun of her shoes. It is verbal, because she was saying it to Taylor. It was psychological, because she was mocking her appearance. Lindsay was probably doing this to ruin Taylor’s self esteem. The next incident I found was right after Taylor got her computer, and Lindsay commented on a picture of Taylor and Samantha, “lardo and dog face.” This is an example of indirect bullying because she did it on social media and not directly to Taylor. This is an example of verbal abuse, because Lindsay was making fun of them by commenting mean things on their pictures. This was intentional because she was commenting it to cause harm and discomfort.
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This was not true and was made my Taylor’s best friend because she didn’t want Taylor to like Scott so she made a profile to get Taylor distracted on a different guy. This was an example of indirect bullying, because Taylor didn’t know the profile was fake and didn’t know who made it. “James (her best friend)” was verbally and psychologically bullying Taylor. He was called her names and making rumors about Taylor. This is reputational aggression, because it is spreading rumor, gossiping, and manipulating friendships to influence the social