Judith Casely Bully Analysis

Youth who self-blame and conclude they deserved to be bullied are more likely to face negative outcomes, such as depression, prolonged victimization, and maladjustment. The children’s book; “Bully” written by Judith Casely is sexist due to the excess of gender stereotyping, gender roles, and the loss and gain of voice although there is gender equality in the end of the story.
There are several times when Judith Casely portrays the masculine roles. Boys are being aggressive towards each other; the boys that appear bigger often intimidate the tougher boys. An illustration of masculine roles; “There’s a bully at school, and his name is Jack, he used to be my friend, but now eats my cookies and breaks my pencils in half” (Casely 8). Casely is stereotyping boys as violent when they do not get what they want.
While males are considered more “dominant”,

Boys are shown to be overall mean to each other over childish things. Rudely being asked, “You’re not my friend anymore” “Ask me if I care?”… “You used to be a mouse, and now you’ve turned into a big rat.” While the boys are being shown as ruthless, the girls in this story are being shown as “innocent” and “empathetic”.
Although there is many examples of sexism in this children’s book, towards the end the author shows gender equality. The teachers were telling the students the consequences. Teachers were enforcing the consequences towards both genders in order for them to be treated equal, they must treat each other kindly otherwise, and there will be consequences.
Not only are boys seen as the dominant characters, girls are portrayed as weak and subordinate compared to them. Girls are only in the story for “moral support” of the main boy characters or his parents. When the author does talk about female characters, they are being stereotyped. The author not only downgraded females but showed feminist criticism being sexist towards the different