Question

" Because it does not occur face-to-face, bullies are able to mete out pain without witnessing the consequences and victims often cannot stand up for themselves, even if they are so inclined"

what do you recieve from the reading above?

Answer 1

It is a scenario of cyber or online bullying. Cyber bullying is the humiliation or bullying that occurs over digital devices such as mobiles, laptops, computers tablets etc. It can occur through the means of SMS, text message, applications, in social media, gaming etc, places where individuals can take part or share their details or any other information. It includes sending, posting, sharing etc cheap, harmful, negative, false information, content, pictures etc about some other individual and it usually consists of sharing personal information about the person that might or might not be true about the person. Such things extreme humiliation and embarrassment at the part of the sufferer. This shameful behavior if reaches to extreme limits and crosses all the boundaries, it turns into an unlawful act and a criminal behavior.   

Here, the given lines refers to lack of physical aspect and presence to rule out the judgement of the bully witnessing the pain they cause to the person being victimized. The victims also due to public humiliation, lack the ability to stand up for themselves and bring out the abuse happening with them.