In class this week we read an article about texting and technology and how it is affecting how kids grow up nowadays. The issue of texting in girls vs. boys came up quite a few times and I wanted to address it in my blog.
My own personal opinion and a few of my friends all agree that girls text more than boys. Some reasons for this belief are that girls talk and have conversations with other girls over text messages. Girls are able to carry on conversations over texting when boys usually text to each other when they have something to say, they wouldn't text to have a real conversation. Now, I am not a boy so this is all from experience and from being friends with boys, but in general I think this is the way genders differ in their texting habits.
An exception to this "rule" is when a boy has a girlfriend or is trying to woo a girl into liking him. This will cause the boy to text more and be more into his text conversations with the girl. I am now sitting with a boy in the Spa and he agrees that girls text more than boys. He also says when boys text each other it is usually more of a "hey whats up?" followed by a "nothin much" then silence.....
In the old days where people actually made calls to each other and talked on the phone, girls still called each other to talk about the drama of the day or if anything significant happened to them. Boys would only call each other to ask if the other wanted to hang out and the conversation would be over in a matter of seconds. It's in human nature for women to be more conversational and interested in everything that's going on. Men tend to be less interested in gossip and drama between each other but they will listen if a girlfriend is texting them about it.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
National Girls & Women in Sports Day
National Girls and Women in Sports Day held its
26th annual celebration this Saturday all around the U.S. Even at
Skidmore we had a clinic for young girls to try out every sport offered here at
Skidmore. Every team ran its own station and the energy in the gym was
tangible. Girls from 3rd grade to high school were there to experience
was it is like to be a woman athlete. The girls participating all day
long managed to enter every different sports' station with just as much
excitement as the last. Their willingness to learn new disciplines like
how to hold a field hockey stick, versus how to spike a volleyball was
outstanding and gave me a new hope for the future generations.
All around the US, women celebrated this day
by running all female road races, just working out and doing something you love
with other women, or by running clinics like the one at Skidmore. The
theme this year is Title IX at 40: In it for the Long Run. Title IX was
introduced in 1972 stated that, “No person in the United States shall, on
the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of,
or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity
receiving Federal financial assistance...”. This statement allowed women
to start participating in sports at school just as much as men.
National Girls and Women in Sports Day is important to women around the nation because it represents the power of women in the world. I believe that girls' sports are just as important as boys' sports for extracurricular activities. It amazes me that a law had to be passed in order for girls to have the same opportunities in athletics as boys. Though I am grateful to be living in a world where we can live in equality automatically. Earlier, stronger generations of women made that possible for us.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
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