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Gender Differences in Bullying

 

Gender Differences in Bullying

Bullying is a serious problem that happens in many places with children and teenagers like in school in sports and in summer camps I work as a coach and monitor with boys and girls in these kinds of spaces so this topic is important to me

One thing that I see often is that bullying is not always the same for boys and girls boys usually show more physical bullying like hitting pushing or shouting girls usually use more relational bullying like ignoring others spreading lies or leaving someone out of the group this is something that many studies say too

For example a study by Villardón Gallego et al says that boys are more likely to be involved in direct and physical bullying while girls show more indirect forms like social exclusion or emotional pressure (Villardón Gallego et al 2021) this means that sometimes bullying by girls is harder to see but it can hurt just as much

Also according to the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health both boys and girls can be bullies and victims but the way they do it is different (Sánchez et al 2013) so when we want to stop bullying we must look at these differences if not we might miss the signs

As a person who works with children I think it is very important to create spaces where all kids feel safe and accepted we should not only stop bullying but also teach empathy teamwork and respect sometimes bullying happens not because children are bad but because they don’t know how to act in a good way we can teach them that

I believe boys and girls both need attention and support we must listen to them and observe how they treat each other so we can understand what really happens not just what we expect to see


  • Villardón Gallego, L., Yániz Álvarez, C., & Aretio Romay, A. (2021). Estudio comparativo de género sobre el acoso escolar. Universidad Católica de Valencia.

  • Sánchez, V., Ortega-Ruiz, R., & Menesini, E. (2013). The Involvement of Girls and Boys with Bullying: An Analysis of Gender Differences. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10(12), 6820–6831.

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