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Gallup Poll: Boys Rule, Girls Drool When it Comes to Gender Preferences

by Lesley Kennedy, Posted Jun 27th 2011 6:00PM

More Americans say they would prefer a boy over a girl if they could have just one child. Credit: Getty Images
Frogs and snails or sugar and spice?
Most Americans would opt for the former, MSNBC reports. In a new Gallup poll ...More Americans say they would prefer a boy over a girl if they could have just one child.
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For every 100 boys -- a perplexing study

by Kristin Darguzas, Posted Jun 29th 2007 8:00AM

I have spent most of my working life hearing about glass ceilings and unequal opportunity and the necessity to fight for my right to equality. And honestly: meh. Perhaps I've been supremely lucky, but I've never felt restricted from opportunity ...
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The Dangerous Book for Boys: video preview

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted May 1st 2007 1:02PM

To a large extent, Connand Hal Iggulden's The Dangerous Book for Boys embodies everything I'd rather not teach my child about gender stereotypes. Namely, that boys are supposed to like rough and tumble fun, while girls sigh, shrug, and think "boys ...
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Do boys lag girls in literacy because of teachers' own ideals?

by Sarah Gilbert, Posted Jan 13th 2006 12:20AM

I'm watching the most amazing special on Public Broadcasting, Raising Cain, about the life of boys. Psychologist Tom Newkirk says that boys often lag girls in literacy because teachers discourage boys from writing and reading about things they're ...
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