When you hear the words "harassment" and "workplace" together you probably automatically insert "sexual" in there somewhere, don't you? Although sexual harassment does seem to get most of the press these days (sex sells, I guess) there's an even bigger threat lurking out there: workplace harassment in the form of bullying.

Surprised? Some of you might be thinking that bullying is something that doesn't survive past the school-age years, but a whopping 37% of you have a real idea what being bullied at work means -- at least that's how many people have experienced it according to this article in The New York Times. That's more than 1/3 of us! Can that be right?

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Why do some kids bully others? The bullied kids may develop emotional issues and a fear of going to school while the bullys perform some kind of power trip on smaller (or smarter) kids.

These days, in-person bullying happens but it can even be done over the internet. In fact, there are task forces now that specifically deal with internet bullying.

Just like a rapist, a bully exhibits power over someone who is unable or unwilling to defend himself or herself. While some attribute bullying to the way it's always been, that is a huge fallacy. The emotional repercussions of a long bullying episode can stay with some kids for life.

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