Are attractive American girls less likely to become accomplished at things that require serious work or study?
It turns out that with the father being involved, the kids are less likely to do drugs, they're less likely to -- girls are less likely to get pregnant.
WHITEHOUSE: Remarks by the President at Kenny's BBQ Smokehouse
Moreover, girls are less likely than boys to complete this level of schooling in a large majority of countries in the region reporting data.
In general, girls are less likely than boys to start school but boys are at greater risk of repeating grades and dropping out, according to the Digest.
Girls and boys will perform similarly in earlier education settings, but once entering college, girls are less likely to choose a STEM field as their area of specialization.
AIDS, but education of girls is less often attempted and yet even more important, because they are more likely to act to slow the spread of the virus.
For every developmental dollar a country receives in international aid, girls currently receive less than two cents.
In many nations, girls have even less educational opportunity.
Mr Bell said that reflecting these strong male images, girls can be less confident than boys in class - and he said some schools were experimenting with single-sex classes to offset this.
Across the region as a whole, girls make up less than 50% of students at school and university, though they account for more than 50% of the top-scoring secondary-school-leavers in all countries for which data is available.
American high-school girls were 33% less likely to get pregnant in 2001 than in 1991.
What makes smart girls more vulnerable and less confident when they should be the most confident kids in the room?
FORBES: Bright Girls, Smart Women: Often Their Own Worst Enemies
There was a significantly higher rate of problems among boys whose fathers had been depressed early in their life, but girls seemed to be less affected.
Yet, because girls develop autistic features less often, something about being female is protective against the condition, said Stephan Sanders, a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University who presented the work.
The researchers found that the girls with CD had less gray matter in an area of the brain called the amygdala, which not only governs our fear response, but it plays a role in our perception of whether others are experiencing fear or not.
FORBES: Kids With Behavior Problems Have Changes In The Brain
Medical caregivers should encourage less consumption for girls and women if they suspect they are consuming too much.
Some evidence suggests that girls with ASD are bullied less often than boys.
But as the more compliant and people-oriented gender, girls tend to grow up less confident and more insecure than boys, researchers say.
After I wrote that our boys drive my dumpy '92 Saab, parents emailed saying they felt they needed to provide their girls with cars that were less likely to break down on a dark street.
Only 19% of the girls believed their career prospects were worse than those of their mothers, while 38% of the boys said they expected to be less successful than their fathers - but one in five of the girls aged 11 to 21 thought women were treated less fairly by employers.
BBC: Marriage no longer a key goal for girls, survey suggests
Overall, both girls and boys with autism looked less often at the eyes compared with typically developing kids, consistent with previous studies.
My studies, along with dozens of others, reveal that boys do not start out being less empathic and emotional than girls.
Girls born to light drinkers were 30% less likely to have emotional problems than those born to abstainers, although the researchers say this could be due to family and social backgrounds.
The girls were joined at the temple, making it less complex than the Egyptian twins who were joined at the top of their heads.
BBC: NEWS | UK | Magazine | Why are there so many conjoined twins in the news?
Information about the five other girls was given, too, but in a less detailed manner, as if the dead deserved respect rather than understanding.
More than two thirds (69%) of the girls agreed that some types of families were treated less fairly, such as single parents and same-sex parents or parents who were not married.
BBC: Marriage no longer a key goal for girls, survey suggests
"The government's ambition is nothing less than ending all forms of violence against girls and women, " she said.
They appear to "blend in" more readily with their peer group and are less often the victim of bullying by other girls.
The scouts said they save the state money by building responsible girls who are more likely to earn college degrees and less likely to go to prison.
WSJ: Idaho Blocks Girl Scouts Seeking A Tax Break for Their Cookies
After reading about a circulating water cooling cap that was used in a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine sleep study, the girls set about creating a cheaper, lighter, and less onerous solution the cooling headband.
应用推荐