Bullying

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Business & Economics

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Podcast

Workplace bullying in the #MeToo era

Workplace bullying creates a toxic environment, but the #MeToo movement is highlighting the drivers of abuse that women experience at work

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Education

Beating the bullies by thinking differently

Having a resilient mindset makes a big difference to how much damage bullying does - parents and teachers can help kids learn that they have the power to cope with difficulty

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Health & Medicine

Friends in need are friends indeed

School bullying is depressingly common but having a group of friends, not just a single “bestie”, may bolster a child’s resilience

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Sciences & Technology

Facebook, the Government and revenge porn

Facebook and the Australian government are piloting a scheme to tackle revenge porn, but does it ask too much of potential victims to give up their privacy in order to gain privacy?

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Politics & Society

The kids are alright

A review of decades of research shows children of same-sex couples are doing just as well as kids of heterosexual couples, but it’s homophobic discrimination that can put them at risk of harm

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Health & Medicine

Bullied school kids left behind in learning

The first large scale study into school bullying and academic achievement finds kids targeted by bullying are well behind in their learning, and the impact is worse on girls

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Arts & Culture

How neckbeards have become a screen stereotype

Their portrayal gives an insight into some of our fears about the Internet centred on addiction, social isolation and humans going soft