Why are girls more mature than boys?

[Acanthus]

They are all mature until they hit the local 98 degrees concert.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! for 5 hours solid.

I worked one of those shows. One.

 

[Zenmervolt]

A combination of physiology and sociological norms. Women become phsyically mature at an earlier age than men, which means that their brains reach an adult level of development earlier. There is also the effect of increased concentrations of testosterone in men (women do have trace amounts of testosterone, just as men have trace amounts of estrogen occuring naturally). Testosterone and other androgens increase the likelihood of aggressive behaviour and a lack of androgens relative to men causes women to appear more docile and therefore more "mature".

There is also a good amount of cultural conditioning involved. The old expression, "boys will be boys" is a good illustration of this. Our culture expects young men to get into trouble and be less mature and because this sort of behaviour is expected, it occurs.

ZV

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: Astaroth33

Originally posted by: digitalsm
The roles are resversed a great deal once females hit 18-22. I guess craziness cant really be considered immature, but its close enough.

I agree.

Aye.

 

[MAME]

not true

 

[hdeck]

they don't have a penis.

 

[iamme]

i always attributed this natural phenomena to females' high levels of cooties.

 

[Booster]

If you think that *not clever* materialism is a measure of how mature you are, then it's really sad. I think that's what many take for maturity, but it's not.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: ohtwell
Most girls just mature at a younger age than boys.


: ) Amanda

the sad thing is that i think it flips around when people get older.

 

[whiteboy81]

Originally posted by: Riprorin
The level of immaturity of most adolescent boys is astonishing.

All I have to say to that is: I know you are but what am I?

 

[Swanny]

Originally posted by: Riprorin
The level of immaturity of most adolescent boys is astonishing.

They aren't.

 

[Geekbabe]

Originally posted by: Riprorin
The level of immaturity of most adolescent boys is astonishing.

It's because guys stay at the 7th grade level no matter how old they are,somebody's got to take care of business!

 

[yhelothar]

They're both immature
Just they are annoying in different ways, and boys are more annoying.
/me remembers the horrifying elementary/middle/earlyhs school where boys would constantly talk crap about every little thing that isn't "cool" to them.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: hdeck
they don't have a penis.

 

[SilverThief]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe

Originally posted by: Riprorin
The level of immaturity of most adolescent boys is astonishing.

It's because guys stay at the 7th grade level no matter how old they are,somebody's got to take care of business!

Shenanigans to you!
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