BULLYING
Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a
real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be
repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious,
lasting problems.

In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include:

 An Imbalance of Power: Kids who bully use their power—such as physical

strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity—to control or harm
others. Power imbalances can change over time and in different situations, even
if they involve the same people.
 Repetition: Bullying behaviors happen more than once or have the potential to
happen more than once.

Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone
physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.

 Types of Bullying
 Where and When Bullying Happens
 Frequency of Bullying

Types of Bullying
There are three types of bullying:

 Verbal bullying is saying or writing mean things. Verbal bullying includes:

o Teasing
o Name-calling
o Inappropriate sexual comments
o Taunting
o Threatening to cause harm
 Social bullying, sometimes referred to as relational bullying, involves hurting
someone’s reputation or relationships. Social bullying includes:
o Leaving someone out on purpose
o Telling other children not to be friends with someone
o Spreading rumors about someone
o Embarrassing someone in public
 Physical bullying involves hurting a person’s body or possessions. Physical
bullying includes:
o Hitting/kicking/pinching and others.
 RH BILL
 The current high economic growth of more than 5% per year promises to lift
millions of Filipinos out of poverty. But hopes of future prosperity could be
undermined if the country is not able to deal with the population growth by giving
men and women access to the information and means to freely and responsibly
exercise their human right to have just the number of children they want. If
current trends continue, as the country grows richer, the number of people living
in poverty will increase. At present, about 20 million Filipinos live in slum
conditions. Urban population is growing at a rate of 60%, and it is estimated that
by 2030, 75% of the Philippine population will be living in urban areas. While
cities may look better off on the average, deeper in-city analysis exposes the
urban poor to be among the most vulnerable to natural disasters and economic
shocks.
 As important as it is to point out what the bill addresses is to clarify the
misinformation about it. The United Nations is confident that enacting the bill
would not lead to the imposition of coercive measures such as a two-child policy.
The United Nations has long resolved that given correct and appropriate
information on family planning, individuals and couples will be able to exercise
their exclusive right to determine their family size. The United Nations also
believes that apprehensions such as exposure of people to risks of contraceptive
use, encouragement of sexual promiscuity and legalization of abortion have no
basis.
 Instituting a reproductive health policy is consistent with the government’s duty
under the Constitution “to protect and promote the right to health of the people
and instill health consciousness among them.” In its working group session last
May, the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which examines the human rights
performance of all 193 UN member states, noted the lack of access to
reproductive health services, especially among the poor, in the Philippines. The
working group recommended that the country adopt a national reproductive
health policy and “intensify efforts to meet the MDG5 on maternal mortality,
including ensuring universal access to sexual and reproductive health and
rights.” The country’s human rights performance will once again be assessed at
the UPR plenary session at the Human Rights Council in September.

SEXUAL HARASSMENT
The EEOC has defined sexual harassment in its guidelines as: Unwelcome sexual advances,
requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when: ·
Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an
individual's employment, or · Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is
used as a basis for employment decisions affecting such individual, or · Such conduct has the
purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or
creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.

UNWELCOME BEHAVIOR is the critical word. Unwelcome does not mean "involuntary."
A victim may consent or agree to certain conduct and actively participate in it even though it
is offensive and objectionable. Therefore, sexual conduct is unwelcome whenever the person
subjected to it considers it unwelcome. Whether the person in fact welcomed a request for a
date, sex-oriented comment, or joke depends on all the circumstances. Source: Preventing
Sexual Harassment (BNA Communications, Inc.) SDC IP .73 1992 manual

SEXUAL HARASSMENT includes many things... · Actual or attempted rape or sexual

assault. · Unwanted pressure for sexual favors. · Unwanted deliberate touching, leaning over,
cornering, or pinching. · Unwanted sexual looks or gestures. · Unwanted letters, telephone
calls, or materials of a sexual nature.

· Unwanted pressure for dates. ·

Unwanted sexual teasing, jokes, remarks, or questions. · Referring to an adult as a girl, hunk,
doll, babe, or honey. · Whistling at someone. ·

Cat calls. · Sexual comments. · Turning work discussions to sexual topics. ·

Sexual innuendos or stories. · Asking about sexual fantasies, preferences, or history. ·

Personal questions about social or sexual life. · Sexual comments about a person's clothing,
anatomy, or looks. · Kissing sounds, howling, and smacking lips. · Telling lies or spreading
rumors about a person's personal sex life. ·

Neck massage. · Touching an employee's clothing, hair, or body. · Giving personal gifts. ·
Hanging around a person. · Hugging, kissing, patting, or stroking. · Touching or rubbing
oneself sexually around another person. · Standing close or brushing up against a person. ·
Looking a person up and down (elevator eyes). · Staring at someone.

CYBERCRIME LAW
The measure was proposed by the Department of Justice and introduced in the House
of Representatives in response to growing concerns amidst the rise of illicit acts such
as cybersex, child pornography, unsolicited electronic communication, and identity
theft.
As the classification of cybercrimes grew in scope, the legislative measure faced some
opposition, mostly from detractors who questioned having an online post being
regarded as libel and penalized as such. These opposing groups argued that such a
policy would infringe on the Filipino people’s freedom of expression. As a result, the
Supreme Court issued a temporary restraining order and a status quo ante order on the
law in October of the same year.
After a protracted period of deliberation and ensuing revision of the contentious online
libel provisions, the high court ruled in May 2014 that these provisions are constitutional,
but ruled against some other provisions, specifically those that would violate the
principle of double jeopardy.

Criminal acts

As provided for in the earliest draft of the law, child pornography via the internet is
regarded as a serious crime. Children rescued from such by the Philippine National
Police are housed in rehabilitation facilities, while enablers of this crime, who are often
the parents, are sentenced to life imprisonment.
Cyber sex involving a person lasciviously exhibiting via computer technology sexual
organs or committing sexual acts for favor or consideration is, likewise, considered a
cybercrime with penalties involving imprisonment and fines of up to one million pesos.
Computer-related identity theft which involves unauthorized acquiring, using or
misusing, possessing and transferring, altering or deleting another person’s identifying
information is punishable with up to six months imprisonment and fines amounting in the
hundreds of thousands.
Computer-related forgery and computer-related fraud which involves the
unauthorized input, alteration, or deletion of computer data or programs, or interfering
with the proper function of a computer system, thereby resulting in damage or
corruption of vital data, are also punishable with imprisonment and stiff fines.
The act of acquiring an internet domain for the malicious purpose of depriving other
parties from registering such name is an illicit practice called cyber-squatting. This act,
which can result in defamation or financial disadvantage of the victim, is punishable with
six years imprisonment and similarly heavy fines.
Hacking and other illicit computer-related acts such as illegal access, illegal
interception, data interference, system interference, and misuse of devices which
includes unauthorized use of passwords, access codes, or similar data are all
punishable with six to twelve years imprisonment and fines amounting in the hundreds
of thousands of pesos.