Differences between the male and female brain have been the subject of extensive research for decades. Although difficult to study, research has shown that being XY vs. XX can correlate to differences in how you think, feel and even respond in a given situation. Recent research suggests females may be more susceptible to sustaining concussion injuries than males, and if they do, they may take longer to recover. It has been established in many studies that, in sports where both sexes participate, girls tend to have a higher incidence of concussion than boys. One study found that female high school athletes are 1. A systematic review by Prien et al.

After six months of social distancing and the suspension of physical contact, teenagers are going back to school and hook-ups are on the horizon. Based on extensive interviews with racially diverse but mostly middle class U. But beneath toxic teen masculinity lies a rarely discussed world of sensitivity, vulnerability and emotional needs. Internet pornography, ubiquitous long before COVID plunged our teens into even more screen-time, is accelerating damaging expectations of girls. Many are aware that they are caught in a compulsion that promotes insecurity about performance and size, leaving them afraid to be seen naked, and sometimes unable to get erections.

To understand the etiology and consequences of child sexual abuse it is important to study the victims' subjective reactions to such incidents. Because researchers have not been able to survey children about sexual abuse, not much is known about how subjective reactions are related to gender, age, age difference, and the social relationship between the offender and victim. Multivariate analyses adjusted for the use of coercion, the intimacy of the sexual experience, and other incident characteristics.