Guys vs Gals

After reading the article on teenage boys and listening to what a boy had to say about growing up, I believe that both genders have it rough, but it also depends on the family.

When a girl starts puberty, that is usually the start of the "bremuda triangle" when the girl's emotions go rapidaly up and down and left to right and its like a tornado. But as a girl myself who went through this, I believe as girl's get older they learn to control it their emotions better. But when it comes down to fights, it seems that girls are the ones to be feared because they try to go through every obsticle to get to the other girl even if it means climbing over a wall. They will also punch, pull hair, scratch, and a lot more.

Boys also go through the rough stage of emotion, but later than girls. They are taught by older men to keep it all in, but again this depends on their family. Boys when they get angry, don't cry as much as girls but instead go towards physical like punching a wall or throwing stuff. They turn to violence. When a boy gets into a fight, he only throws punches and kicks the other guy, but the next day they might make up when a girl can have the same enemy for years.

It also depends where the two are coming from. If a boy who grew up with an only women's household (i.e. aunt, single mom, sister) they may learn to not show so much violence and show more emotions than boys with male role models in the house. Some boys may even believe they are the man in the house, and may grow up feeling they have to protect their love ones and so than they may turn to being "big and strong" for their families.

If a girl grew up in a male only household (i.e. dad, brother, uncle,) they may learn to be more of a boy than a girl. Maybe even dressing like a tomboy and acting tough. The girl may learn to keep it all in like a boy and act tough. In school when girls start to get older, she may still wear the baggy clothing and follow her male role models. Without a woman in the house, the girl may never learn of how to show emotions during a the "bremuda triangle" stage in her life and may instead cry in the cornor of her house so none of the male family members can see her. She learns to keep it all in.

Boys and girls have their challenges once they start puberty. They both have it rough, so I don't believe that one has it worse than the other. They both have to go through the same things and deal with them, equally.