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<blockquote data-quote="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 384558" data-attributes="member: 4720">Edena, I don't know much about you or your personal history, but I do know you've spent your time with a very small and very disturbed subset of teenage boys.VERY few teenage boys are that off-kilter.&nbsp; Yes, they tend to be overdramatic.&nbsp; Yes, they tend to spend a LOT of time thinking about sex.&nbsp; Yes, some even have violent tendencies.&nbsp; But the things you talked about are FAR beyond normal for teenage males.Also, I really don't get the connection you were trying to make between high risk driving behavior and acting out base impulses in a &quot;role-playing&quot; situation.&nbsp; 1) I don't see how the two are connected, and 2) That particular gender gap is closing rapidly i.e. high risk behavior (driving and otherwise) is decreasing in young males and increasing in young females.&nbsp; If you are making a point about the behavior of teenage boys, it looks like you need to factor the girls in as well.At any rate, this may sound harsh, but I think your image of teenage males is somewhat pathological, and you really need to broaden your experience of them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost, post: 384558, member: 4720"] Edena, I don't know much about you or your personal history, but I do know you've spent your time with a very small and very disturbed subset of teenage boys. VERY few teenage boys are that off-kilter. Yes, they tend to be overdramatic. Yes, they tend to spend a LOT of time thinking about sex. Yes, some even have violent tendencies. But the things you talked about are FAR beyond normal for teenage males. Also, I really don't get the connection you were trying to make between high risk driving behavior and acting out base impulses in a "role-playing" situation. 1) I don't see how the two are connected, and 2) That particular gender gap is closing rapidly i.e. high risk behavior (driving and otherwise) is decreasing in young males and increasing in young females. If you are making a point about the behavior of teenage boys, it looks like you need to factor the girls in as well. At any rate, this may sound harsh, but I think your image of teenage males is somewhat pathological, and you really need to broaden your experience of them. [/QUOTE]

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