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However , as soon as they both start experimenting , even only occasionally , girls become more depressed than boys , according to the study published this month . Boys wait their turn to be men with the upper hand , girls become acculturated to becoming powerless women . " Encouraged to look outside of themselves for comfort , values and direction , girls become easy prey to addictive behaviors and unrealistic images that ads promote , " she says . As they enter adolescence , girls become less sure of themselves as they attempt to meet stereotypic gender expectations ( Gilligan et al ., 1982 ) . After all , Markus ' curiously lyrical account of two brothers and one river is ultimately a story about the margin between land and river , that mixed-up liminal space where dirt becomes mud , boy becomes brother , girl becomes cave and father becomes fish . Once girls become sexually mature , the outer labia and the mons pubis are covered by pubic hair . Lured by employment in cities , but lacking education and skill , girls become easy prey for predators in the sex trade .