[Risk taking behaviors: girls' and boys' specificities. An anthropological approach].
Risk taking behaviors show attempts to escape from suffering, to struggle to live. They are different for boys and girls. Girls take suffering upon themselves and make of their bodies the very scene of that suffering, whereas boys throw themselves against the world in provocative, transgressive behaviours. Besides, when the will of the girl is to be unique, the will of the boy is to be the best.
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UFR de sociologie et laboratoire du CNRS Culture et société en Europe, université Marc-Bloch, 22, rue René-Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France. davidlebreton@evc.net
D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior; D000883:Anthropology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011627:Puberty; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012727:Sex Characteristics