Actually, if Targets were bullyproof, they would immediately respond aggressively to aggression when it was launched against them. However, Targets are targets for several reasons, including being blessed with a non-confrontive nature. Sadly, that opens the door to psychological assaults. WBI research shows that Targets suffer an average of 22 months, with a full 33% suffering over one year. By the time Targets discover their plight, much time has passed and they are on the road to ill-health.

Bullies scoff at such rational arguments. Bullying is about abuse of power, authority and the rights of others. The problem with this suggestion is that we should not make Targets responsible for stopping the bullying which is completely and unilaterally in bullies' control. Bullies decide who to target, what methods to use, when to start and to stop, and how to lie about why they do what they do. As a society, we stopped making battered spouses try to make the violence stop. We criminalized the abuse and allow police and the criminal justice system to intervene.

Bullying is domestic violence where the abuser is on the payroll.

If Targets could confront naturally and spontaneously, they would be among the 63% who have not been bullied at work. How can one be calm if one is traumatized. Yes, Tory, traumatized. Thirty per cent of bullied women suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Be calm, get real! They would be bullyproof. People who do successfully confront were never actually Targets (and good for them).

Tory Johnson and mainstream media "workplace contributors" are too timid to challenge corporate and government employers to take responsibility for the work environment they create and sustain that is often toxic and injurious to employee health. Let's stop coddling employers who betray workers' trust and allow bullying to occur on-site with impunity! -- WBI