Study: Meanness in Girls Can Start at 3

Yahoo News ^ | 5.6.05 | AP

[FairOpinion]

What about meanness in boys?

[tomkat]

They teach us.

<duck>

[Noachian]

"that girls as young as 3 or 4 will use manipulation and peer pressure to get what they want.

So, how does this attitude in girls stack up against the bullying laws used against boys in schools across the country?

Girls are just as much into bullying as boys are, but I sense a double standard will be used against boys.

[libertarianben]

I thought it started at birth.

[CaptRon]

Don't know about 3, but I know for sure it starts right after the papers are served.

[flashbunny]

Actually, girls can be worse.

And woman can be worse than men.

If you've ever worked in an office full of men, and worked in an office full of woman, you can tell there is a serious difference. The animosity and backstabbing and sniping that goes on in an office full of women is astounding.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

I always laugh at those who profess that "if women were in charge", there would be peace. Hell, IMO, if women were in charge, we would already have been through WWVII. :O)

[Flavius]

wow does it ever end?

[Hodar]

... I am Woman; hear me roar

AT YOU!!

[Capriole]

Girls are just as much into bullying as boys are, but I sense a double standard will be used against boys.

It's impossible for school authorities to control the nonphysical types of bullying that girls do. Girls do it with a glance, a snicker, a gesture no teacher may see; they can crucify another girl with a single contemptuous look at her clothes. These aren't things adults are even aware of. Boys' bullying consists more of beating one another up, so it's much easier for authorities to identify a culprit.

[Clemenza]

So the bitchiness starts at 3? Of course, it continues until 103...

[cyborg]

*ahem*

[not_apathetic_anymore]

Girls do it with a glance, a snicker, a gesture no teacher may see; they can crucify another girl with a single contemptuous look at her clothes.

Not to mention the tried and true spreading rumors...

[Clemenza]

Bitchiness can be sexy...SOMETIMES!!!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

This took a study at BYU to make these findings? We could have told him this after our first play date with a group of 3 year olds...........

[durasell]

Only if it doesn't cross that thin line over into fire-setting-clothing-hacking-dish-throwing psychosis.

[andie74]

Boys punch and kick...girls assassinate character, name call, etc.

Apparently zero tolerance policies allow for nastiness.

[xJones]

Sounds like Angelica on 'Rugrats'.

[gorush]

duh