Jessica HickmanThought Leader | TEDx Speaker | 2 x Author | Leadership

Bullyology - Bullying vs Banter ❌

Name: Bullyology - Bullying vs Banter ❌
Uploaded: 2018-09-11T16:35:01+00:00
Duration: 1 min 17 s
Channel: Jessica Hickman
Description: In this YouTube excerpt, Jessica Hickman confronts the common misconception that workplace bullying is merely "banter." She outlines a clear distinction…

11 Sept 2018 · 1 min

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In this YouTube excerpt, Jessica Hickman confronts the common misconception that workplace bullying is merely "banter." She outlines a clear distinction: banter is respectful, mutual humor, whereas bullying involves repeated humiliation, downgrading, sabotage, and attacks on personal appearance. Drawing from her 3.5 years in the construction industry, she recounts being told to "man up" while enduring ongoing ridicule that was framed as jokes. Hickman emphasizes that when jokes are used deliberately to diminish a person’s dignity, it constitutes bullying and must be addressed. She invites viewers to share their own experiences, encouraging open conversation about these struggles.

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How many people have been told that bullying is banter? No, no, no, no, no. There is a fine line between banter and the repeated humiliation, downgrading, sabotage of work, having a laugh at someone else's expense repeatedly. That really defines the difference between banter and bullying. For a period of time, I was told to man up, as such, this is the construction industry and it's just banter. I worked there for 3 and a half years. There's respectful banter on having a laugh, and I'm the first one in the workforce to have a laugh, and there's the humiliation and downgrading and the attacking of my appearance, which is not, repeated, not banter. So I can actually feel for a lot of people that contact me that say that it's passed off as a laugh or a joke, but when that person is deliberately trying to make you feel less of a person because of their jokes and banter as such, that is actually bullying and it needs to stop and be addressed. So please let me know if anyone's experienced this. It's always good to have conversations and understand some of the struggles people are having out there.