Indiana school officials just learned what a cyberbullying Rating Site is this week. For the uninitiated, a Rating Site is when someone uploads a photo of the target and gets bystanders to vote on the victim's physical attractiveness.
Obviously this can go very badly, very quickly.
The authorities call it "Bracket Style Ranking System" and it can be very damaging to a girl's sense of worth to be so callously objectified and abused.
According to Fox.59.com, Zionsville senior Grace Labuzan said,
“A lot of girls were offended by this. I don`t know how they find it a joke. I`ve been bullied before, I want to speak out for those that are too afraid or too quiet to speak out against it because it is wrong."
Parents and educators, this is just the latest cyberbullying tactic that is essentially war on women and girls. Learn how to identify it, then learn how to fight it.
Know what to do when a group of people use Instagram, Facebook or Internet polls to upload someone's photo and get bystanders to vote for their "ugliest," "fattest," "dumbest" peers? Our new Parent's Guide To A Rating Website is available on Kindle for $2.99. Buy here.
Or get up to speed on five other cyberbullying tactics along with this tactic in our award-winning book Cyberslammed.
Obviously this can go very badly, very quickly.
The authorities call it "Bracket Style Ranking System" and it can be very damaging to a girl's sense of worth to be so callously objectified and abused.
According to Fox.59.com, Zionsville senior Grace Labuzan said,
“A lot of girls were offended by this. I don`t know how they find it a joke. I`ve been bullied before, I want to speak out for those that are too afraid or too quiet to speak out against it because it is wrong."
Parents and educators, this is just the latest cyberbullying tactic that is essentially war on women and girls. Learn how to identify it, then learn how to fight it.
Know what to do when a group of people use Instagram, Facebook or Internet polls to upload someone's photo and get bystanders to vote for their "ugliest," "fattest," "dumbest" peers? Our new Parent's Guide To A Rating Website is available on Kindle for $2.99. Buy here.
Or get up to speed on five other cyberbullying tactics along with this tactic in our award-winning book Cyberslammed.
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