My random theory in this is that... when boys fight and get violent as little kids its sort of frowned upon but also kind of excused as well as "boys being boys" -- and Organized Sports is looked at as a tool for directing agression. Such that, on the field anyway - it's about the rules. So you get a lot of rambunctious/wild boys playing more disciplined and behaving better inside the lines than they normally do.
And that maybe girls are meaner while playing than they might be off the field, just because it's a 'freer' environement. But this is me talking out of my butt as opposed to anything based in real study or knowledge.
It was always explained to me by my older sister that she and her friends played clean and hard, and that it was only those girls on the other team who were mean and dirty...
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And that maybe girls are meaner while playing than they might be off the field, just because it's a 'freer' environement. But this is me talking out of my butt as opposed to anything based in real study or knowledge.
It was always explained to me by my older sister that she and her friends played clean and hard, and that it was only those girls on the other team who were mean and dirty...