I may be going over the top on this, but I get the feeling that one of the differences is that there the men don't feel like they are being girly by acting like military men. And like ian said, there's the brainwashing process- in order to be accepted in the military, you do follow the rules. breaking them gets both you and your peers into trouble. To be accepted in school, you have to convince the other kids that you're cool and that isn't always by doing well or behaving at all.
course, I don't think there's anything about following the rules that is inherently a feminine thing to do (but then, I do have to remember that I'm weird and my data points are also likely weird). I mean, maybe girls tend to be subtler about it... maybe? ::shrug:::
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Date: 2006-01-27 05:36 pm (UTC)course, I don't think there's anything about following the rules that is inherently a feminine thing to do (but then, I do have to remember that I'm weird and my data points are also likely weird). I mean, maybe girls tend to be subtler about it... maybe? ::shrug:::