Others see the issue from a different point of view – that bullying is a manifestation of the social rules of the larger society that governs the masculine behavior of boys (Frank, Kehler, Lovell, & Davison, 2003) so that bullying is not so much an influence on future behavior as it is a resultant. ... One example of this is that idea that excelling in educational pursuits is more of a feminine than masculine pursuit, so that boys who engage and do well in school may be identified as gay, sissy, or feminine and therefore should be berated and bullied lest they alter the basic structure ...

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