Role added by keanulover96 on October 7, 2023
If a bully attacks a kid and the kid fights back in a school environment, often both of them will end up being punished for "fighting", with the bully somehow getting ''kinder'' treatment or even no punishment. This is an Aesop in which fighting back against a bully is portrayed as a bad thing. Often involves the message that sinking down to the bully's level will make you no better, or even worse, than they are and may be a way to maintain the status quo of the bullies picking on the main characters. Countless numbers of books and professionals about bullying will almost always say that fighting back is the wrong option.
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