I feel this article tries to make plain-old masculinity interesting and complex, but it just isn't. Bullying exists on a spectrum of violence. There is no reaso

I feel this article tries to make plain-old masculinity interesting and complex, but it just isn't. Bullying exists on a spectrum of violence. There is no reason to assume there must be a categorical separation between verbal/text-based bullying and physical aggression. Internet bullying (trolling, whatever, we all know what is being discussed without having to argue semantics) is a manifestation of masculinity, no different from how boys/men bully in person. It's another sort of male violence, socialized in young boys by their slightly older peers and the adult world (something I observed as a boy, growing up). Young girls also bully, but the objectification of human beings is more alien to teenage girls than boys, and I think this explains why women tend to "troll" less, meaning, they tend less to see fellow human beings as toys. If learned trolling starts early in life, the most efficient strategy to defeat trolls permanently is to donate to organizations with explicit stances against the socialization of masculinity in boys (Feminist Current, Stop Patriarchy, WoLF, etc.)