It seems that "Boys will be boys" is a well established idiom and, according to Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed, as it is written on The Free Dictionary, it is "something that you say which means it is not surprising when boys or men behave in a noisy, rude, or unpleasant way."
As best I know, Girls will be girls is used in the sense that it's the complement to Boys will be boys. Whether that makes it a phrase that is used with idiomatic meaning is a matter of opinion, I suppose, but it would mean roughly the same thing: girls tend to do generic things that girls tend to do. At least in the states, Boys will be boys is certainly being used less often, as it tends to excuse unacceptable behavior for gender-biased reasons, and promotes traditional gender roles. Girls will be girls is an often empowering phrase to counter-act such claims.
I have never heard anyone use the term "Girls will be Girls" anywhere in the US. Normally, I've heard people say something more like, "Girls...". Just the one word that trails off with a meaningful look. I'm sorry, but that's rather difficult to transfer by text.
Puberty in girls typically starts earlier than it does for boys. Girls usually start puberty between ages 8 and 13. Changes your daughter may notice that signify they are going through puberty include:
During puberty, your child will do the majority of their physical growth. Boys and girls experience growth spurts at different rates, especially as they start going through puberty. A growth spurt refers to sudden and quick growth during a short period of time. Due to the disparity in growth, doctors will use different growth charts for boys and girls.
Girls will usually experience a growth spurt a year or two before they get their first period. After that, another growth spurt happens between ages 10 and 14. During this second spurt, girls will grow about 1 to 2 inches within a couple of years after they get their first period. Girls will reach their adult height by age 15.
Boys will grow at different rates during puberty. There are early maturers, who start puberty at ages 11 or 12, and late maturers who start puberty around age 13 or 14. Regardless of when they start puberty, boys will grow about 3 inches per year. By age 16, boys will have reached most of their adult height.
Premature thelarche happens when girls develop breast tissue before the typical age range (10 to 14 years old) for breast development. In most cases, girls are diagnosed with premature thelarche before the age of 3.
Boys will be boys. A damaging sexist statement that we continue to freely use to fuel toxic masculinity, and undermine women. The persistence of such statements has led to vastly different pedestals from which men and women are viewed. Women are held to a higher standard than men, and that is pervasive in all aspects of life. As we examine the phrase that we have used for so long, we should all become increasingly cognizant of the implicit biases that we hold when it comes to gender.
In our day-to-day dorm lives, a similar situation persists even within the walls of this school. In dorm life, the expectations for men and women differ. Boys being boys becomes an excuse for loudness and untidiness. Girls are taught to diminish themselves to the rules. Noise and untidiness are deemed unladylike, and, as a result, girls in the dorm are becoming compliant with rules that are somehow bent for boys.
And what did Disney give us in return? A split track with three words as a newsie, a short dark wig, and choerography placing her in the back of most scenes, in the hopes we wouldn't notice one of the boys was very feminine. And the production of Newsies I went to- there were certainly Newsies bigger than Les but smaller than Jack who, from the front row, I could see had very delicate features, but were given no lines and hidden away. But why?
There were female newsies. This is a historical fact. And even besides that, the show acknowledges the fact that there were girls who were also caught up in child labor. ("All across this city there are kids- boys and girls- who ought to be out playing.") One of my most vivid memories of the Newsies movie is that in the big strike scene at the end, someone is holding a sign demanding rights for women.
So why is everyone so scared of acknowledging female Newsies? Of giving them dresses and lines? It's estimated that one in every ten newsboys was actually a newsgirl- why not embrace the girls who want to be a part of the show instead of forcing them to represent something they don't have as many ties to? Maybe some productions aren't looking to rock the boat. After all, the generation of the movie didn't grow up with female Newsies, nor did the generation of the musical. But why do we have to let that stop us. After all, as a wise govenor once said, there comes a day when every generation must, at the height of it's power, step aside and invite the young to share in the day.
Why not start now? Face it- in community theatre, you're always going to have more girls auditoning then boys. Might as well lean into it. Some theatres are doing this (like the photo above, of the Marriot Theatre, in Chicago.) and it's not exactly like they're hurting for sales. So again, what's stopping people from embracing female Newsies in all their femininity?
In a country in which people only want boys, every family continues to have children until they have a boy. If they have a girl, they have another child. If they have a boy, they stop. What is the proportion of boys to girls in the country?
However, it turns out that the answer depends on the number of families there are in the country. If there is a finite number of families, then in expectation, there'll be more boys than girls.
Consider the extreme scenario where there's only one family, then 1/2 the time the fraction of girls is 0 (B in our only family), 1/4 the time it's 1/2 (GB), 1/8 the time it's 2/3 (GGB), 1/16 the time it's 3/4 (GGGB) etc. And so the expected fraction of girls is:
When I first heard this puzzle (not here), I was convinced that you would end up with more girls. My intuition was of course wrong. I love the proof that this is not the case, but for those that enjoy a demonstration to enhance the intuition, this is some python code I wrote to convince myself that this is indeed the case.
The ratio is 1:1. Your summing of an infinite series provides the result of the chance that there is a boy in the family (theoretically 1 because births are repeated infinitely until a boy is born); as you approach 1 in your answer to this, you approach zero in the chance that there are no girls in the family. This is all this sum actually tells us about the families.
Note that in the second round, again, 50% of the births are girls and 50% are boys. Since this will continue for each round, 50% of births being boys and 50% being girls (on average), the grand total will also be 50-50.
Perhaps the best-known reason relates to the practice of sex-selective abortion, which has been identified in Asia, and in the Caucasus, as well. The ability to determine fetal sex, along with strong son preferences, accounts in large part for the high shares of boys in many countries in these regions. The desire to limit family size, either due to government regulations as in China, or due to global social and economic changes that have reduced the need for large families, seems to further contribute to sex-selective abortion and a dearth of baby girls.
But this is only one of myriad factors that may be affecting the sex ratio at birth. Some research suggests that the share of newborn boys declines with older parents, and that the high share of girls in Sub-Saharan Africa may be linked to the practice of polygamy (multiple wives). What do these two phenomena have in common? Researchers hypothesize that both situations are associated with less frequent intercourse. (For possible explanations of this association, see this article from the academic journal Human Reproduction.)
On the opposite end of the spectrum, most research shows that the share of baby boys increases during and after wartime. And once again, frequency of intercourse is cited as the likely reason, at least in the case of post-war reunions.
Practices will begin around July 24th with the first gameday beginning on August 5th. Games will also be played on August 12th and on one weekday TBD between the days of Aug. 7th-11th. On gamedays, each team will play 2-4 games.
Studies show that about 15% to 43% of girls and 14% to 43% of boys go through at least one trauma. Of those children and teens who have had a trauma, 3% to 15% of girls and 1% to 6% of boys develop PTSD. Rates of PTSD are higher for certain types of trauma survivors.
Other factors can also affect PTSD. Events that involve people hurting other people, such as rape and assault, are more likely to result in PTSD than other types of traumas. Also, the more traumas a child goes through, the higher the risk of getting PTSD. Girls are more likely than boys to get PTSD.It is not clear whether a child's ethnic group may affect PTSD. Some research shows that minorities have higher levels of PTSD symptoms. Other research suggests this may be because minorities may go through more traumas.
Every individual grows at different rates, and puberty begins and ends at different times for everybody. Puberty can last anywhere from 2 to 5 years, so it is not always easy to predict when it will end.
Puberty is different for everyone and can start at any age between 8 and 14. The average age for boys to show the first signs of puberty is around 12 years old, about 1 year after girls begin puberty.
There is more research on the age that puberty begins in girls than there is for boys. However, a study by the American Academy of Pediatrics found that African-American boys were likely to start puberty earlier than Hispanic or Caucasian boys.
Because puberty ends at different ages for different people, there is no set age at which the genitals will have completely developed. Once puberty is complete, the genitals are usually fully developed. Puberty usually takes around 4 years.
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