Violence that Follows Bullied Gay Teens in High School
Science Perspective on Global Problems: Aggression and Violence

Today in society we push our teenagers and young adults to strive well with their academics in high school. With that being said, there are so many unknown factors that come with it. With trying to strive with academics in high school, teenagers and young adults deal with those un-surfaced factors. They may have to deal with fitting in at school, per pressure, not being confident and cultural differences. These factors are all equally important but a factor that makes it almost unbarring to learn is Bullying. Although bullying affects all victims, one group in particular that is bullied the most is self-identifying gay teens in high schools (Wallace 2011).In my research I am going to note the facts on what it is to bully a gay class mate, the reaction from schools, how often it happens, why it happens, the consequences, and how bullying can be stopped in high schools.
Research by Wallace (2011) suggests that bullying is a form of horrible harassment. Wallace (2011) said that conduct that is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive to limit a student’s ability to participate in or benefit from a public school education program or activity is considered bullying. Research by Fleming ,Meadows, Bob (2010) say that bullying creates a hostile or abusive educational environment at a public school including acts of verbal, nonverbal, and physical aggression. Webley (2011) did research on boy named Dylan living in Saukville, Wisconsin who started getting bullied when he was ten years old. They said he had snowballs thrown at him and was shoved into lockers. Everywhere he went on campus students shouted out anti-gay slurs and pointed at him. Fleming et al (2010) studied a seventh grader in Milwaukee who said the torment never let up. She was hit,