> While of course anecdotal, several of my friends from these countries have talked about how they faced invisible, passive-aggressive forms of bullying from fe

> While of course anecdotal, several of my friends from these countries have talked about how they faced invisible, passive-aggressive forms of bullying from fellow students (a large majority of them reportedly female) for having 'geeky' interests such as math. Sure, but we can also present similar anecdotal evidence of visible forms of bullying from fellow male students for having geeky interests. So, where does that leave us, really? Similar to your criticism about jumping to causative conclusions, you've determined that this passive-aggressive bullying is the case of gender roles rather than the more obvious case of bullying nerds.