Bullying and Harassment

Examples of Harassment

Here are some things people do that might be harassment:

Telling jokes that make fun of you or other people
Telling jokes that are mean
Using a bad word about you or someone else
Calling you a name that is meant to make you feel bad
Hurting you physically
Saying they are going to hurt you
Scaring you
Forcing you to do something that you feel uncomfortable about doing
“Put downs”
Saying something mean about the way you look, how your body moves, or how you talk
Making fun of you to other people
Telling personal things about you to other people
Showing you pictures of things that make fun of you or make you feel scared
Firing you because of who you are
Not giving you a promotion or pay raise because of who you are

Here are some things that are NOT considered harassment if they happen once or not often:

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