Comments on: Are Girls Really Meaner Than Boys? http://www.scienceline.org/2008/12/08/ask-joelving-mean-girls-boys-gossip-social-aggression/ The Shortest Distance Between You and Science Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:59:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Denise http://www.scienceline.org/2008/12/08/ask-joelving-mean-girls-boys-gossip-social-aggression/comment-page-1/#comment-4251 Denise Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:35:05 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2008/12/08/ask-joelving-mean-girls-boys-gossip-social-aggression/#comment-4251 This doesn't surprise me. Many of us have noticed that aggression has become more "feminized" in schools and the workplace. It's considered "uncivilized" for boys to physically fight, and girls are absolutely forbidden to engage in physical aggression. So where does that leave a lot of kids and adults who are angry or jealous and haven't been taught any productive ways of handling these negative emotions? They learn to engage in the type of aggression that is hard to police and easy to deny: Reputation ruining through gossip, isolating "enemies" socially and professionally, and destroying people through well-aimed verbal barbs that, once planted, just keep on leaking their poison psychologically for years. This doesn’t surprise me. Many of us have noticed that aggression has become more “feminized” in schools and the workplace. It’s considered “uncivilized” for boys to physically fight, and girls are absolutely forbidden to engage in physical aggression. So where does that leave a lot of kids and adults who are angry or jealous and haven’t been taught any productive ways of handling these negative emotions? They learn to engage in the type of aggression that is hard to police and easy to deny: Reputation ruining through gossip, isolating “enemies” socially and professionally, and destroying people through well-aimed verbal barbs that, once planted, just keep on leaking their poison psychologically for years.

]]> By: MrsS http://www.scienceline.org/2008/12/08/ask-joelving-mean-girls-boys-gossip-social-aggression/comment-page-1/#comment-2527 MrsS Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:16:02 +0000 http://scienceline.org/2008/12/08/ask-joelving-mean-girls-boys-gossip-social-aggression/#comment-2527 Well - Here are some documents that would suggest they are: http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/fpc/directory/surveyapp/ohfcfindings/h5441019.pdf http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1202081minn1.html Well – Here are some documents that would suggest they are:

http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/fpc/directory/surveyapp/ohfcfindings/h5441019.pdf

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/1202081minn1.html

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