>The findings show that boys and girls were equally interested in the “hard” game, but girls were less interested than boys in the game for “smart” children. M

>The findings show that boys and girls were equally interested in the “hard” game, but girls were less interested than boys in the game for “smart” children. Males and females have different mating strategies -- in humans how much is nature and how much is nurture is difficult to untangle. It makes me wonder to what degree the boys attraction status-seeking games is nature vs nurture, or alternatively to what degree are girls discouraged from status-seeking games either from nature or nurture. It may, for example, be more evolutionarily advantageous for females to allocate their time to mastering social interactions and cooperation (let the boys fight it out). Alternatively, society could be discouraging girls from competing with boys.