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• [1] Gabrielle from brooklyn May 22, 2009 - 07:17AM

  There has been a lot of talk that school-age girls tend to use psychological bullying - as compared to boys using physical bully. how much of this is societally charged and how much of this can be attributed to chemical makeup? Are girls from certain racial or socio-economic backgrounds more susceptible to behaving this way?

  
  
• [2] Byron from Brooklyn May 22, 2009 - 12:44PM

  I wonder if there are studies that talk about the benefits of playing sports for teenage girls. Are teenage girls more susceptible to certain kinds of injuries than boys or than younger girls or women?

  
  
• [3] Gloria B from NYC May 22, 2009 - 01:00PM

  Speaking of girls, a growing number of us have been interested in asking:

  Why does Leonard Lopate so rarely invite women on his shows? Aside from his two token female regulars (brought on to cover the feminine topics of food and proper grammar, of course), we can find greater female representation in, say, an NFL locker room at halftime, a Pakistani madrassa or a prostate cancer support group meeting, than on the Leonard Lopate Show.

  Today's sweepingly titled program "Women and Girls" does not fix the ongoing problem, rather, it amplifies the extent to which Leonard routinely and quite flagrantly silences womens' voices.

  You have no right to continue to fail to find women interesting or worthy, Mr. Lopate. Surrender your radio licence, or open the airwaves to the other half the population.

  
  
• [4] Anne from Manhattan May 22, 2009 - 01:35PM

  Do women and girls have better balance or agility than boys?

  
  
• [5] Julie from manhattan May 22, 2009 - 01:37PM

  I was wondering if you could talk about the developmental difference in girls who have twin brothers. Is there a change in utero because of the exposure to the male's testosterone?

  
  
• [6] anonyme May 22, 2009 - 01:37PM

  that's funny about the spatial differences - As a young artist (tested in the late 70s) I was told that my spatial perception was very strong "even for a male" (I'm female) and that my form perception was weak-ish - if you look at my artwork it is obvious!

  
  
• [7] Tony from San Jose, CA May 22, 2009 - 01:40PM

  Regarding the color perception, it may not be due to the brain, but the cones in the eyes.

  ~7% of males are colorblind, and some women have one extra cone.

  
  
• [8] Ian May 22, 2009 - 01:41PM

  Who cares? People generally object to research about biological differences between different races because we realize it usually has insidious motivations and implications. Why don't we treat research about sex differences the same way?

  
  
• [9] db from nyc May 22, 2009 - 01:41PM

  ... #3: GIVE US A BREAK, will ya?

  Lenny keeps it balanced!

  
  
• [10] db from nyc May 22, 2009 - 01:43PM

  I'm wondering if these two have kids themselves. Since having a kid I have come to the conclusion that nature is beating-up on nurture.

  This especially apparent if you have more than one kid.

  
  
• [11] Claudia from New Jersey May 22, 2009 - 01:44PM

  Do girls intellectual potential stagger for social reasons in puberty and adolescence? Being smart and being good at science and math is not perceived at girly or facilitate popularity and thus seem to impact girls.

  
  
• [12] Erin from Brooklyn May 22, 2009 - 01:45PM

  I am wondering if your guests can comment on differences between girls. I don't relate to some of the typical aspects of girls' preferences that have been mentioned; I always preferred toy trucks and being active. What about girls who are tom boys?

  
  
• [13] Allison from Brooklyn May 22, 2009 - 01:46PM

  I feel like I act more like the descriptions of boys than of girls (I am female). My parents were from the 60s and raised my brothers and me without defined gender roles. My brothers played with dolls and I had Hotwheels. I also studied math, physics and art in college.

  These discussions always confuse me. I really don't feel like I fit the stereotypes. Nobody in my family does (mom was tough and dad nurturing).

  Am I a freak or is being raised without prescribed gender roles really going to make a huge difference?

  
  
• [14] radha from Brooklyn May 22, 2009 - 01:47PM

  db, she's right. count the number of male vs. female guests. include "please explain" segments. go back as many months as you want. the proof is in the programming.

  
  
• [15] anonyme May 22, 2009 - 01:50PM

  How about objectification of females? Do you ahve anything to say about that?

  
  
• [16] John-Paul G from Elizabeth, NJ May 22, 2009 - 01:52PM

  Leonard, have you even TRIED budding? No? Then don't knock it. You may like it more than the alternative.

  
  
• [17] Gil Fox from woodbridge,nj May 22, 2009 - 01:52PM

  I am continually amazed at the difficulty between the sexes concerning "driving directions"...

  I find that women navigate via "landmarks", or terra-centric "rat in the maze" view..

  Whereas I find it much easier/logical to think "as the crow flies"...visualising the "maze" as a bird would...using the compass idea of north/south/east/west...

  
  
• [18] Joe from Brooklyn May 22, 2009 - 01:55PM

  So basically there's not physical difference between the male and female brain, the differences all stem from social upbringing/environments?

  
  
• [19] Belinda from Brooklyn May 22, 2009 - 01:55PM

  On the lighter side, you've got to love the news story today about the 3 year old girl in Australia who logged on and bought a $12,000 digger while her mother slept. That's a stereotype bucker if ever I heard of one. Imagine all the Barbies you could buy with $12,000...

  
  
• [20] db from nyc May 22, 2009 - 01:55PM

  ... Janet McTeer and Harriet Walter... Lisa Cohen... Elizabeth Strout... Monona Rossol and Keri Powell... Elizabeth Edwards... Joy Behar... Tyne Daly... Ruth Reichl...

  That's a cursory evaluation of recent show... like I said, GIVE US A BREAK!

  
  
• [21] Enrique from Elizabeth, NJ May 22, 2009 - 01:57PM

  Is ADHD stronger in girls?

  
  
• [22] John Schindler from Stony Brook, NY May 22, 2009 - 02:00PM

  After hearing both shows I have to say well done. But as someone with a hormonal Intersex issue my question is about children and adults with Intersex configurations. Can adequate numbers of Intersex test subjects be found in a large city like New York to create accurate and reliable results? Has the internet helped this come about?

  Thanks again for a great series.

  
  
• [23] Amy from Manhattan May 22, 2009 - 02:03PM

  I wonder if the increase in depression in girls around age 12-13 corresponds in any way to the fact that addictions so often begin at that age. It seems to me I often hear men say they started smoking/drinking/taking drugs in early adolescence; I don't know if that's as common in girls. Maybe it's more acceptable for the girls to admit to feeling depressed & for the boys to self-medicate?

  
  
• [24] db from nyc May 22, 2009 - 02:03PM

  Very interesting set of shows.

  
  
• [25] radha from Brooklyn May 22, 2009 - 02:11PM

  yes db, that's a handful of women.

  now count the MEN.

  do a ratio of male vs. female guests.

  i'm sorry but it is hard to miss. the men outnumber the women by far. every program, every single day.

  
  
• [26] Joe Adams from Hillsdale, Bergen County, NJ May 22, 2009 - 02:58PM

  Gloria, please answer this: The boss chief or chief boss of WNYC is a woman as is the chief boss of NPR as is the chief boss of PBS. Not a man among them. Is that all right with you? Ofcourse ofcourse.

  
  
• [27] Nila from Bronxville, NY May 24, 2009 - 08:44AM

  Your program on BOYS and GIRLS was fascinanting. I would love to hear in PLEASE EXPLAIN on the following related gender/sex topics:

  INTERSEXUALITY

  CROSSDRESSING

  TRANSSEXUALITY

  TRANSGENDERISM