> I've concluded that the world typically teaches boys from an early age how to have a public reputation and public relations and girls generally don't get the

> I've concluded that the world typically teaches boys from an early age how to have a public reputation and public relations and girls generally don't get the same info to the same degree. That would be contrary to popular wisdom, which says that girls are taught to be much more social from an earlier age, and as such, they generally have a better understanding of social dynamics, whereas boys tend to be more socially obtuse. > I've had a really hard time figuring out why I had such an extremely hard time interacting with the public. It took a long time to get any kind of handle on that. Just my two cents but: just being different from the norm will often get you weird, unfriendly looks. From what I read in your discourse, I get the impression that it seems to you like boys have it easy/better, socially, but I can tell you, having been on the other side of the fence, that when boys are "out of line", they literally get beat up, repeatedly... And society somehow accepts this, "boys will be boys". Being opinionated is not always well-received, both for men and women. Generally, people like opinionated if those opinions are just reinforcing their own... I do agree that men can get away with being more opinionated in some situations, but I don't think it's just a free pass. It only works if you're at the top of the social hierarchy. Maybe this is where we are in agreement. Society has difficulty accepting women being opinionated because it has difficulty accepting women being at the top of the social hierarchy. To fix that, it helps to fix gender norms, but we should also strive to live in a society where everyone can express their opinion, not just those at the top of the hierarchy.