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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:35 PM Original message |
Do you believe that boys have a uniquely competitive nature, more than girls? |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. My best friend when I was a child was a girl. |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hell no |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. Absolutely not. |
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Confusious (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
32. Bullshit |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:01 PM Response to Reply #32 |
39. Why do you assume she was hard-wired to find Barbie? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. And some children play with both dolls and guns/sticks/swords. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
4. Males are more likely to be assessed as risk takers. It is not either nature or nurture. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. in this context |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-22-09 01:36 AM Response to Reply #10 |
54. Girls & boys express desire to win in different ways. Girls can be awfully nasty toward other girls |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
5. No. Absolutely NOT. n/t |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. But, hey, don't look at amurikans for your male/female study...... |
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Solomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't believe it. Maybe there are more competitive |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. no |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
8. No, it's a stereotype, a pernicious one. nt |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I am inclined to your view. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Thank you. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Well said. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. Boys are more competitive, but girls are meaner to each other |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. If they're not allowed to compete |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. And why are girls meaner? Because it is a form of competition. It is a way |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. They're certainly more likely to try to establish a pecking order |
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MrsBrady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
14. no...I loved to win, and still do. n/t |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. In my work in my later years, I competed with men -- and won and won |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
15. I can't wait to see who comes out on top in this thread! |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. I don't know about "equal" |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
18. Speaking for myself and my oldest (who's an awful lot like me) |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. I myself am competitive. |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
19. I raised 3 boys and 3 girls and think the type of competiveness |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. I saw a documentary about how baby boys and baby girls react differently |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. Yes. Girls are cunning rather than physical. Girls brains in general |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
21. Dunno. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. the classroom, pedagogical games |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. How is that measured, though? |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I have to look at the research to see how it is measured... |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
22. Depends on the culture.... |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Neoliberal patriarchy |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. I think...... |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
25. Anyone who thinks that girls don't have competition in their nature |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:19 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. How right you are! |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
26. I think so. |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
27. No. I believe that if you take nature and nurture and mix them up |
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Sparkly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
30. A very interesting question. |
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sallylou666 (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
36. Nope |
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Newshues (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. approval based on my experience |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
38. +`1 for girls are more competitive, just in different ways |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
40. Girls are just as competitive as boys. They just compete in different ways. |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Thank you. |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
50. Totally agreed. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
42. I think that some things are hard wired |
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waiting for hope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
46. My 4 year old daughter is more competitive |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
49. even if it were genetic/instinctual, insticts are mediated through the brain |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
51. First, the key to being Human is cooperation more the competition. |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. This is a great analysis |
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mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-21-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. When I think about it... |
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