Boys Versus Girls
Dude vs. dudette. It's somewhat hard to describe when to use what term. You use dude when approaching a boy, but dudette when approaching a girl. However, how do you know what gender they are? Does this apply to gender or just sex? Their gender refers to how society perceives them as physical aspects describe sex. Perhaps, it's what we own.
Media suggests that girls should be more into shopping and dolls than boys and boys should be more into video games and sports. We receive messages that girls should act dumb and it's okay for boys to act as jerks. A fun experiment was to walk up to a person and call them an opposite gendered name. For example, walk up to a boy and say 'Hey chick.' See what their reaction is. It's more common for girls to identify with boy's today. Girls are becoming to express themselves through similar mannerisms a typical man might. And so think about this the next time someone says 'you throw like a girl.' What does that really mean? You throw like you like to play with dolls? Hmm... The reason girls are becoming more tomboyish is probably because men are referred to as powerful beings.
