Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site princeton.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!ulysses!princeton!mckay From: mckay@princeton.UUCP Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: maturity Message-ID: <244@princeton.UUCP> Date: Sat, 23-Jul-83 01:20:06 EDT Article-I.D.: princeto.244 Posted: Sat Jul 23 01:20:06 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 23-Jul-83 18:02:15 EDT Organization: Princeton University Lines: 17 Andy, I would answer by mail, but mail out of here is crummy. Also, I'm interested in the response of the rest of net.singles. I did NOT say maturity had anything much to do with biological age. I DID say girls of bio-age X are more mature than boys of bio-age X. But you are very right about the subjectivity of maturity. I SHOULD have said, "When I was going through high school, I perceived the boys of a given biological age to be less mature than the girls of that age." Except during eighth grade, when the boys were normal and the girls went crazy. Now for the question for all of you: When *you* were going through high school, what were *your* perceptions on the subject. We shall take it as given that your perceptions are highly subjective and that you may now think of them as wrong. But back then, what did you think? I'd be particularly interested if the girls thought girls were more mature and the boys thought boys were; maybe it's just a matter of crossed signals. windy*