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Sexting also can lead to sexual bullying. For instance, a girl may send a photo of herself to a
boyfriend. When they break up, he shares that photo with the entire school. As a result, she then
becomes the target of sexual bullying because people make fun of her body, call her crude names
and make vulgar comments about her. Some boys may even see this as an open invitation to

proposition her or assault her.

F. Prejudicial Bullying

Prejudicial bullying is based on prejudices tweens and teens have toward people of different races,
religions or sexual orientation. This type of bullying can encompass all the other types of bullying

as well including cyber-bullying, verbal bullying, relational bullying, physical bullying and
sometimes even sexual bullying.

When prejudicial bullying occurs, kids are targeting others who are different from them and
singling them out. Often times, this type of bullying is severe and can open the door to hate crimes.
Any time a child is bullied for his race, religion or sexual orientation, it should be reported.

 RA 7877 (Anti Sexual Harassment Act)

REPUBLIC ACT 7877

AN ACT DECLARING SEXUAL HARASSMENT UNLAWFUL IN THE EMPLOYMENT,
EDUCATION OR TRAINING ENVIRONMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SEC. 1. TITLE
 This Act shall be known as the “Anti-Sexual Harassment
Act of 1995.”

SEC. 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY
 The State shall value the dignity of every individual, enhance the development of its human
resources, guarantee full respect for human rights, and uphold the dignity of workers, employees,
applicants for employment, students or those undergoing training, instruction or education.
Towards this end, all forms of sexual harassment in the employment, education or training
environment are hereby declared unlawful.

SEC. 3. WORK, EDUCATION OR TRAINING-RELATED SEXUAL HARASSMENT
DEFINED
 Work, education or training-related sexual harassment is committed by an employer,
employee, manager, supervisor, agent of the employer, teacher, instructor, professor, coach,
trainer, or any other person who, having authority, influence or moral ascendancy over another
in a work or training or education environment, demands, requests or otherwise requires any
sexual favor from the other, regardless of whether the demand, request or requirement for
submission is accepted by the object of said Act.