March 22, 2006

Terrorists Fight Like Girls

By Sharon Tosi Moore
Anyone who has ever been in a schoolyard can see that boys and girls deal with conflict in diametrically different ways.  When boys have a problem with each other, the cause of the feud is usually well known to both parties, and they tend to confront one another directly, often physically.  The worst insult a boy can endure is to be told that he fights like a girl.  While such battles can be violent, they are also short—lived. The victor often offers his hand and helps the defeated boy from the ground.  More often then not, the fight is forgotten within days and the boys resume their friendship as if nothing had ever happened.  Girls, on the other hand, fight more subversive battles. Instead of confronting one another directly, they will wage a covert war by spreading rumors and ostracizing the object of their current anger.  Very often, one party has no idea what caused the rift and may not even know that there is a war until she is blindsided by...(Read Full Article)