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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think exclusion is the worst form of bullying.  It is hard to prove and you can't make girls be friends, hang out on the weekends or talk on the phone.  Making girls include  other girls on the playground or in the lunch room is one thing, but it does not really make a girl truly feel like she is part of any group. I think really smart girls have learned to use this form of "bullying" and they rarely get caught.  [/quote]

I absolutely agree with you.

From what my DD said she was constantly afraid of being ignored, ridiculed (by a group socially in person or on social media for the "world" to see) and isolated.  So most girls avoid becoming the victim.  One girl left because there was a rumor a boy who liked her was the love interest of a more popular girl, then the next rumor about her was that she's a slut so don't speak to her.  
  Another girl from DD's middle school days was labelled a slut in 7th grade and this followed her through the end of 8th grade.   Nice, pretty and intelligent girl who was shunned at NCS but suddenly and constantly was being hit on by STA boys for sex, etc. on FB and after school.  Her family pulled her out.

The power of a nasty rumor seems to get things started especially with social media thrown into the mix.  Admin & faculty really need to stop all the passive hand wringing and actually put themselves out there and care about the girls.  Everyone's so afraid of getting sued.
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