Male and Female Differences
Cyber bullying has been a growing phenomenon amongst pre-teens and young adults. The outcomes are suicide, physical altercations, and can lead to emotional, verbal, and mental abuse. Due to the advancements of modern technology, cyber bullying makes it possible for people to post information on media sites while still retaining their identity. With social networks like Twitter, Facebook, or MySpace, teenagers both males and females are able to cyber bully more rapidly and have a bigger impact than traditional bullying do to the internet’s widespread and possibility to copy and paste information on these sites. In this video Gender differences in cyber bullying, Dr. Sameer Hinduja briefly discusses gender differences in cyber bullying that will be further explained below.
Female
The article, Battle of the sexes: An examination of male and female cyber bullying by Catherine D. Marcum, George E. Higgins, Tina L. Freiburger, and Melissa L. Ricketts, studied the differences between male and female cyber bullying when looking at posting gossip online in order to hurt someone. The results for females showed that women are more likely than men to post gossip on the internet to hurt other people they might know.
When talking to others some women tend to gossip to other women about different situations that are going about in their lives. With this in mind females would rather hid behind the screens of the computer and spread false or true rumors about someone they might dislike than being assertive in person. Why? Females prefer participating in behavior that is not physically confrontational, and by hiding behind the protection of a computer, they can be more brazen with their behavior. (Marcum, Higgins, Freiburger, & Ricketts, 2012). Cyberbullying by Gender also shows results that support that females are more likely to experience cyberbullying than their male counterparts.
These findings confirm previous literature that asserted females participate in bullying that involves emotional and psychological abuse, which involves gossiping and spreading of information (whether true or untrue) (Marcum, Higgins, Freiburger, & Ricketts, 2012). When it comes to females they are more likely to report being cyber bullied than males thus creating higher results when it comes to the amount of times they've been bullied.
When talking to others some women tend to gossip to other women about different situations that are going about in their lives. With this in mind females would rather hid behind the screens of the computer and spread false or true rumors about someone they might dislike than being assertive in person. Why? Females prefer participating in behavior that is not physically confrontational, and by hiding behind the protection of a computer, they can be more brazen with their behavior. (Marcum, Higgins, Freiburger, & Ricketts, 2012). Cyberbullying by Gender also shows results that support that females are more likely to experience cyberbullying than their male counterparts.
These findings confirm previous literature that asserted females participate in bullying that involves emotional and psychological abuse, which involves gossiping and spreading of information (whether true or untrue) (Marcum, Higgins, Freiburger, & Ricketts, 2012). When it comes to females they are more likely to report being cyber bullied than males thus creating higher results when it comes to the amount of times they've been bullied.
Male
Unlike females who post information with the intent to hurt others, males on the other hand attack others with threats and homophobic insults. In the article, Cyber bullying in Schools: A Research of Gender Differences by Qing Li, a survey was conducted to see how a sample of students in Junior High school have experienced or witnessed cyber bullying. This study revealed showing that about one in four of the students had been cyber-bullied and over half of the students reported that they knew someone being cyber bullied. (Li, 2006). What the results also showed is that males were more likely to be bullies and cyber bullies than their female counterparts. (Li, 2006).
It’s hard to say how often cyber bullying occurs within the male population. When questioned sometimes males use hypothetical statements so that it won’t hurt their pride or ego they have. Males often answer questions in a way so that they do not look like the victim. Due to this, the findings of gender differences have been inconsistent. There are several articles that have researched gender differences where the results showed girls being more likely to get involved with cyber bullying. There are also articles that have showed that males are more likely to be involved with cyber bullying. One thing seems to be common with majority of researchers; Cyber bullying occur the most in Junior High school.
It’s hard to say how often cyber bullying occurs within the male population. When questioned sometimes males use hypothetical statements so that it won’t hurt their pride or ego they have. Males often answer questions in a way so that they do not look like the victim. Due to this, the findings of gender differences have been inconsistent. There are several articles that have researched gender differences where the results showed girls being more likely to get involved with cyber bullying. There are also articles that have showed that males are more likely to be involved with cyber bullying. One thing seems to be common with majority of researchers; Cyber bullying occur the most in Junior High school.