I find this article to be very troubling. Because there is something the article does not mention: that bullying often happens because the victim cannot escape

I find this article to be very troubling. Because there is something the article does not mention: that bullying often happens because the victim cannot escape. Bullying is an ineffective strategy when the victim can get away and/or has no good reason to stick around, so it is done mostly when there is no escape. That is why bullying is so prevalent in environments where people are trapped with a fixed group: public schools (in the American sense), prisons, etc. FTA: > But getting away from it has become more difficult. And that means it will happen more often. It will also be more damaging when it happens. By the way, I originally saw this idea -- that inescapability is what leads to bullying -- in one of those popular economics books (Freakonomics? The Undercover Economist?). It jibes well with my own experience.