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refreshme
refreshme: 3 months ago

No offence and i'm not grouping or stereotyping, but i've noticed that boys

of adolescent age often times engage in competitive risk taking challenges that would most likely result in injury or worse. why do they need to do this ?

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Happy2BeHere2
Happy2BeHere2: 3 months ago | Last edited at 4:08PM on 3/2/2013

To narrow the gene pool. Don't fret! It's good for our species!

Truth. There are multiple studies of how the brain has not fully developed. The long term consequences of behaviors cannot yet be seen. They don't fully realize how dangerous their behaviors are.

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refreshme: 3 months ago
ha ! there is a benefit...you have a point ! :)
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Happy2BeHere2: 3 months ago
Ty! I did edit with a little more sympathy. Lol! :)
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refreshme: 3 months ago
but the age of reasoning is said to be at 7 years of age
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alexistheawesome: 3 months ago
no the frountal lobe is being developed when u are a teen
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Happy2BeHere2: 3 months ago
MrHappy is 50. Must be a HUGE curve in their learning curve!
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alexistheawesome: 3 months ago
whos mr happy?
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refreshme: 3 months ago
i thought MrHappy peaked at 18 and then downhill from there.
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Happy2BeHere2: 3 months ago
Hi alexis! I think we may be saying the same thing. Brain development is fascinating, and continues much longer than originally thought. :)
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alexistheawesome: 3 months ago
hey, ya, i know, and 100 years from now all theories will be changed and we will be looked back upon and called stupid
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Happy2BeHere2: 3 months ago
@refreshme. OMG! I can't wait to tell him that!
@alexis. My husband!!! HA!
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alexistheawesome: 3 months ago
lolz
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refreshme: 3 months ago
well.... we start peaking at 30 and somehow we just keep climbing. :)
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alexistheawesome: 3 months ago
hehe,
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Happy2BeHere2: 3 months ago
Okay! The "no offense" start of this question is GONE. This has definitely degenerated into ladies play time!
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alexistheawesome: 3 months ago
ikr, we r totally off topic
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Happy2BeHere2: 3 months ago
Again!
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alexistheawesome: 3 months ago
:)
he
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Sweeterthantea: 3 months ago via Android
true lol.... lol
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briefandpointless
briefandpointless: 3 months ago

testing the waters...

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Joshua_Bagel
Joshua_Bagel: 3 months ago via iPhone

To prove their masculinity

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DragonRider11
DragonRider11: 3 months ago via iPhone

They are stupid. And girls do that kind of thing too (like me lol)

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rsarnol
rsarnol: 3 months ago via iPhone

Because at that age common sense is at a minimum then add in competitive nature and peer pressure to "fit in" and there a go.

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FunnyLittleFrog
FunnyLittleFrog: 3 months ago

They are boys, and it is their nature. There's no "why" really. I don't think it's stereotyping to admit that men and women are different.

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LivingLifeInPeace
LivingLifeInPeace: 3 months ago via iPhone

"Boys will be boys" plain and simple.

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40dawg: 3 months ago via iPhone
Yes. Yes we will.
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stb1953: 3 months ago via iPhone
and all too often; they will be dead boys. I know.. I helped bury one...:-(
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LivingLifeInPeace: 3 months ago via iPhone
@stb sorry for your loss however, my post "boys will be boys" has been a saying for as long as I can remember.
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8randon73
8randon73: 3 months ago via iPhone

To prove who's the alpha male.. Stay in your lane baby.. Stop swerving!

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glawson3073
glawson3073: 3 months ago

Ok its a male thing, male of any species is always trying to be dominant and aggressive, all animals are the same, and most women like that in a man anyway.All female elephants mostly breed with the biggest and strongest male.

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40dawg
40dawg: 3 months ago via iPhone

It's just how our brains work. We're just not as scared as girls ;) Sometimes it's just to impress a girl. We want to show our masculinity, bravery, and pure awesomeness. Other times, we want to be the first to do something. And it's just a lot of fun. For example, parkour is fun and mortally dangerous. We do that all the time.

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PvtPyle
PvtPyle: 3 months ago

We're guys. We like adrenaline. It's worth it to us.

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JohnOGaunt
JohnOGaunt: 3 months ago

I think it's to get noticed by girls... Looks like somebody succeeded.

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celebrity88: 3 months ago via iPhone | Last edited at 7:19PM on 3/2/2013

It is hormonal in nature. This is why young men make the best soldiers in terms of actual battle. The strategizers
and commanders will be more mature
men. There are exceptions to this of course.

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budthebearded
budthebearded: 3 months ago

To show I'VE GOT GONADS

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MsStina
MsStina: 3 months ago

It could have to do with the idea of personal fable, which is something that all adolescents experience. It means that young people think they're more unique than they actually are; we think we're special. With that, we think that we will always be the exception. Maybe we'll start smoking and think "oh I'll be one of those guys who smokes their entire lives but lives to 80" or start doing dangerous skateboarding moves, and think "I know that people get hurt on skateboards but I'll be careful, so it's ok". Don't worry, you not stereotyping. I think it's a pretty significant characteristic of adolescents.

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