Study: Meanness in Girls Can Start at 3

Yahoo News ^ | Fri May 6,

[buckeyesrule]

....and it never stops. LOL!

[ditto h]

Some men hate women....many women hate women.

[GummyIII]

Study: Meanness in Girls Can Start at 3, But Boys are Born With It.

[Enterprise]

"Meanness in Girls Can Start at 3"

Maybe it's the "little man" complex.

[Mr. Mojo]

It found that girls as young as 3 or 4 will use manipulation ..... to get what they want.

Seems to me that all kids that age are experts in manipulation. ...or at least attempting to manipulate. It's not exclusive to girls, nor is it a sign of "meanness." They're merely testing the boundaries of what they can get away with. ....perfectly natural.

[Servant of the 9]

Meanness in girls can start when they still are toddlers, a Brigham Young University study found. It found that girls as young as 3 or 4 will use manipulation and peer pressure to get what they want.

This is news?

Anyone with a daughter, a younger sister knows this.

SO9

[Navy Patriot]

Seems pretty normal for kids to me. Probably the one sure thing we can do to help kids through these normal growing pains is to be outstanding role models as adults.

Which brings a thought to mind on liberals as role models. Now my head hurts.

[Crazieman]

They mean manipulation.

[tioga]

Bad girl ping???????? Good grief - labeling them by age three.......

[longtermmemmory]

issues?

BTW: Fox did a total fluff piece on the "boys are smelly" and "throw rocks at boys" t-shirts.

Essentially the female reporterette saw no potential problems with girls being trained to insult boys. They only had some nobody shrink. If the reporterette were serious she would have duplicated the shirts with the word girl in place of boy and done a person on the street comentary on "girls are smelly" or "throw rocks at girls".

[clee1]

"The typical mantra is that boys are more aggressive than girls, but in the last decade we've learned that girls can be just as aggressive as boys, just in different ways," he said.

File this one under "duh".

Eagles - Lying Eyes

City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with just a smile
A rich old man and she won't have to worry
She'll dress up all in lace and go in style

Late at night a big old house gets lonely
I guess every form of refuge has its price
And it breaks her heart to think her love is only
Given to a man with hands as cold as ice

So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feeling down
But he knows where she's going as she's leaving
She is headed for the cheatin' side of town

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes

[withteeth]

"The surveys found that even in preschool, a social hierarchy exists."

Of course. Any three year old know that.

[Ciexyz]

btt

[GummyIII]

Issues? No...grin...I just couldn't pass up the opportunity. Frankly, kids of all genders learn what they are taught. I equate this emphasis with the "boys will be boys" blarney one hears when a little boy gets away with shenanigans.

[xsmommy]

i can pick a snotty mean little girl out by age three. that is when my kids started preschool a few mornings per week, you can spot the little manipulative ones.

[bitt]

...duh...bad seed and all that...

[Malcolm]

LOL...ALL girls are mean as hell. You don't have to be a scientist to figure that one out. I'm still laughing about that one...

[longtermmemmory]

sorry did not mean to offend.

We have substituted "boys will be boys" with "zero tollerance"

We no longer allow children to learn we only allow children to be "indoctrinated"

[Temple Owl]

Blame it on Bush.