Girls more mature than boys?
“Why do girls mature faster than boys?” has been a long accepted question; it is a given that teenage girls
mature faster than boys. The text book answer is that girls normally start puberty earlier than boys. I’ve been studying in a library recently and the library is connected to a middle school and high school, so here are my observations:
mature faster than boys. The text book answer is that girls normally start puberty earlier than boys. I’ve been studying in a library recently and the library is connected to a middle school and high school, so here are my observations:I can’t even tell the ages of the girls- they all could pass for 18. So…they are physically mature.
The boys look younger because they have no facial hair and they are generally thin.
But let’s talk about mental maturity- which is really the implied notion when people say “girls mature faster than boys”.
Whereas boys like to be disruptive and do stuff like- play tackle football in front of the library, tease girls, disobey the sacred rules of etiquette at a library (shout, laugh, cell phone), threaten each other, the girls have nothing to be proud of either.
Two weeks ago I was within earshot of four girls who came to the library after school waiting for a ride from one of their fathers. Their idle chatter was non-stop, and such topics included: a cute teacher, making fun of boys, their desire for someone with a car, how their Internet phones are too small to see, being too fat, covering up zits with makeup, bras, what to eat tonight, and talking about killing two hours. In other words, pretty normal stuff for their age, but definitely not “mature”. The sad part is I know adult or middle aged women that talk about and do the same things. So if that passes off as “maturity” I guess my bar is too high.
Not one of those girls wanted to pop open a homework assignment or read.
Granted one boy tried to hit a girl in the table in front of me, but immaturity is expressed in different ways. Boys have much more energy to convert and need to release it, whereas girls just talk amongst themselves and value socializing, no newsflashes here. But both ways make my stomach hurt.
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