12/7: Guys vs. Girls

Upon reading the article about teenage boys and listening to what the guys had to say about their teenage girls article, both new and old ideas were brought to my attention. What I learned was really the psychological terms used to describe the stages, sufferings, and remedies adolescents go through such as the "Bermuda Triangle" and "action talk". Being in high school now none of these central ideas were new to me though. I think boys and girls both have it very difficult as they go through their teen years, but they have it hard in different ways. I know that as a girl we all strive to look just like the models and actresses we see in the media. Society makes us feel like we need to look and dress a certain way in order to gain acceptance. Boys also feel a constant pressure. I think guys feel like they need to mask their emotions just to fit in and appear tough. They have a certain image that they need to withhold whether it be regarding sports or school or girls. I would say though that overall guys have it just a little bit harder because they go through their days in fear of possibly physical repercussions for doing things such as releasing their emotions.