Big year for Gender Differences
According to an EurekAlert press release (2008), two gender difference stories made the "top ten" list by popularity (measured by total web hits) in 2007:
At #4,Rose et al's (2007) study on "co-rumination" (excessively talking about problems) in adolescents found that teenaged girls increased their anxiety and depression through complaining to friends while boys did not.
At #10, an unpublished study from the University of Alberta; Sonya Thompson (2007) surveyed 13 and 14 year olds about their history of accessing "sexually explicit media." Rural boys were the most frequent users, with 90% of boys and 70% of girls saying they had accessed such materials at least once.
I was (at first) surprised that I hadn't covered either of these stories last year. On the other hand, these are both stories with very little "wow" factor, at least to me. Boys are more likely to admit to looking at porn. Girls are more likely to be depressed. Now, I wonder what happens when girls complain about the lack of good porn?
At #4,Rose et al's (2007) study on "co-rumination" (excessively talking about problems) in adolescents found that teenaged girls increased their anxiety and depression through complaining to friends while boys did not.
At #10, an unpublished study from the University of Alberta; Sonya Thompson (2007) surveyed 13 and 14 year olds about their history of accessing "sexually explicit media." Rural boys were the most frequent users, with 90% of boys and 70% of girls saying they had accessed such materials at least once.
I was (at first) surprised that I hadn't covered either of these stories last year. On the other hand, these are both stories with very little "wow" factor, at least to me. Boys are more likely to admit to looking at porn. Girls are more likely to be depressed. Now, I wonder what happens when girls complain about the lack of good porn?