Apologies, by credit I meant to express that the causal relationship you are looking for may not exist. > If bullying was simply dominating behavior, it should

Apologies, by credit I meant to express that the causal relationship you are looking for may not exist. > If bullying was simply dominating behavior, it should be generally directed at anyone, yet it more commonly affects the stereotypical nerd. But then you risk a coalition that will shun you. A nerd is perceived as 'the weakest' of the tribe, this enables the rest of the tribe to bully the nerd by proxy, you give them somebody to look down on, without the risk of the nerd retaliating.