ABSTRACT: In this brief article, I argue that the root cause of sexual violence in Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why is toxic masculinity. To support this argument, I discuss relative concepts and definitions, gender in literature, the snowball effect metaphor, and educational implications.

CITATION: Van de Kemp, Jessica. “‘The Snowball Effect’: Toxic Masculinity and Sexual Violence in Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why.” Comic and Tragic Films (Cinematic Codes Review 5.1). Ed. Anna Faktorovich. Quanah, TX: Anaphora Literary Press, 2020. 64–72. Print.