The "mean girl stereotype" is inaccurate. Boys are equally as guilty. amirite?

When it comes to bullying, girls engage in psychological warfare and cause more damage than boys.... Boys and girls fight differently...

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Boys will break your stuff, girls will break your heart.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

It's not that girls are meaner, it's that mean girls are mean in a particular way. I used to be an aide at a school, and I'd see this especially with little kids. Six year boy A would like hit boy B in the arm, B would start crying, and when you'd ask A why he did it he'd literally be unable to tell you. Then you'd have him apologize and they'd be playing together like 30 seconds later, until they got too rough, or started shouting at each other or whatever. The "mean girl" behavior would be on a different level. They'd be like "we don't think you should play here with our leaves. Why don't you go over there and play with those leaves?" Not that boys can't be mean in the same way, because they absolutely can. And male bullying is often a lot worse because it's way more crass and violent. It's just generally, uhh, less sophisticated I guess?

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Nobody is saying boys can't be mean or bullies. The mean girl stereotype is about the way girls operate to get back at someone or bully someone. Many of them do it through deceptive, psychological, and social ways as opposed to physical.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Question for the OP: Are you male or female? That detail is very important for context...

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Female. Which most people probably assume I'm a male.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

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by Anonymous 11 months ago

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by Anonymous 11 months ago

Whataboutism at its finest.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

For a guy (generalizing), if he's not attracted to you he won't even talk to you or try shun you away in group settings.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I'm pretty sure this is just a meme

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Yeah.... "mean girl" boys are just called bullies. They have their own trope...

by Anonymous 11 months ago

In my experience, young women and men can be equally mean, just in different ways. The way in which women are socialised to express dislike is more often seen as 'meanness' or whatever, but for guys it's more often just violence or outright slurs or whatever.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

i think people know this, most crimes are committed by men after all

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Yes, but sexism.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Correct! Well said

by Anonymous 11 months ago

I think girls are generally sweeter, so when a girl is mean it is very shocking and she is a mean girl

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Is the most played out high school character the dumb, asshole jock that bullies the main characters? Lol

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Is it just me or are mean girls much more intimidating and just down right crueler than mean boys. Especially when I was in middle-school. I would rather make a fool of myself in-front of other guys, they will laugh for a few seconds in that moment and brush it off. Girls are just have this more egotistical and less humble vibe about them. They hurt you mentally and emotionally. Guys, just kick your ass most time and call it a day.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

This isn't unpopular, it's just wrong. Male bullies have been portrayed in media since time immemorial.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Boys can absolutely be guilty of social bullying. I think in general boys tend to be more physical and physical bullying is super easy to prove and deal with. But social bullying? Spreading rumors? Ostracism? Very difficult to detect and enforce. I think girls tend to engage in this kind of bullying more, but it's not to say that boys don't. I've also noticed that while boys do engage in social bullying they are rarely the ringleader. It's almost always a girl pulling the strings.

by Anonymous 11 months ago

Boys can absolutely be guilty of social bullying. I think in general boys tend to be more physical and physical bullying is super easy to prove and deal with. But social bullying? Spreading rumors? Ostracism? Very difficult to detect and enforce. I think girls tend to engage in this kind of bullying more, but it's not to say that boys don't. I've also noticed that while boys do engage in social bullying they are rarely the ringleader. It's almost always a girl pulling the strings.

by Anonymous 11 months ago