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Study shows girls "ignore" while boys "grab" when competing

William Atkins
Saturday, 28 June 2008 21:43

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In ABC News it is reported that, “Melissa Emery Thompson at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, also in the US, praises the study for creating ‘organic yet controlled situations in which the children's natural behaviour emerges spontaneously’.”

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The article continues, “She says the results help to dispel the myth that females are the less competitive sex. Even at an early age, they avoid risky direct aggression in favour of subtler forms of competition, such as small shifts in tone and expression, or spreading rumours.”

Further, “Emery Thompson says that these differences also explain why human males tend to cooperate more effectively in groups while many females ‘work well in pairs and tend to maintain only a few close relationships.’” [ABS News: “Girls Are as Competitive as Boys – Just More Subtle ”]

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