Should teenage girls and boys be treated the same?

Certainly u mus treat them diffrent.. Cos its not always the same for boys and gals.. Gettin pregnent is anothr factor, but gals lack in self defence and some of them due to possesin good self defense may end up in greta troubles...

they should be but my mom trated my brother much differently - he never had to do any housework, came and went as he please, got a very nice car when he was 16 - i wasnt even allowed to drive till I was 18

I never did understand why the curfews would be different. To me it is just sexist to do that. I'm not a parent though so there may be some good reasons af for the difference. I would also let them start dating at the same time too. I'm thinking maybe when they turn 40 and are out the place.

Of course they should be treated the same. There will always be gender bias and gender inequality unless we start treating the genders the same. What's good for the goose is good for the gander, to use a rather crude turn of phrase. Girls aren't all delicate flowers that need to be sheltered and protected, and boys aren't all sheepish hound dogs who need to work off their energy. There's no reason to have different rules for teens of different gender.

Of course, There should not be any different between teenage boys and girls, actually there should be different even between any kingaa ages. I feel is all human are same even they girls or boys. There is nothing wrong when girl gets pregent, she can give boy and girl both...... thing with this....

Not really, ofcource there is a safety factor that is always associated with girls and parents are always cautious about their female child, but other than that I think the upbringing of both boys and girls should be same, without any discrimination.

Hi..I can understand ur prob... actully parents are very tense at this stage o our age, I think instead of protesting try co-operate wdth ur parents, try to understand there problems and make aware them of ur problems,,,tru to convince them and also win-up there confidence too! Try to communicate with them as more as u can, this will help u to improve ur relations!

Well it is really nice thing to answer this discussion as a teenager. Being a teenagar boy i am used to come home at 10:00 PM. But it is not allowed to girls probably that must be feared for them as they are ladies. But in my opinion there is no problem in that, since boys and girls should not have a feeling of insecureness.

They should be treated the same. I know what you mean though cause my brother gets away with a lot more than I would have at his age. He stays out later than I ever could. My mom pays for everything for him and at that age I was paying for my own stuff. I just see stuff that he does and I know if I would have done that at the age of 19 my mom would have beat my butt.

Yes i definately feel that they should be treated the same. growing up being a girl I have realized that boys seem to get more privelages than girls too. I was not allowed to walk anywhere outside by myself unless i was accompanied by one of my sisters and I could not be out after dark. As for the boys in my neighborhood, they came and went as they pleased always walking around at all hours. i think my parents may have had a fear of me or one of my sisters being abducted and raped since that does happen to girls a lot more than guys. So in a way i guess the unfairness is for a reason.

to me both are same but girls should take more care of themselves than boys do

to me both are same but girls should take more care of themselves than boys do

It was typical back then for parents to treat their teenage girls differently from teenage boys. This is because parents are more protective of their girls. They say that boys can 'take care' of themselves. But to me it is unfair. Parents need to trust their girls as they trust their boys...how else are they to learn responsibility and independence?

We have 5 boys and 1 girl and the only time she is treated differently is when she has female issues. Both my husband and myself believe that male and female children should have the same rules. If children are raised to believe that girls are generally treated differently, it could very well cause the males to grow up to abuse girls nad for girls to grow believing they need a man to be a whole person or one to support her.

they both should actually be treated the same, but they are not in most cases, especially in countries like india, people are really conservative about girl child than a boy child. I think the system is changing slowly with people becoming more aware and they all might be treated the same in a few years time

yes.....dare....not differ them...hai both are humans and can do...what the opposites can do

"but also boys can get girls pregnant" -- I have never heard that argument before!!! Over all your argument is valid, but I think there is a little sense in parents being over protective of girls. To begin with they are considered a weeker sect and are subject to attack of any kind... and the other part of the problem is that they look good (majority atleast :D) ... so there is always a possibility of getting unwanted attention.. so.. i think it is ok for a boy to stay for 2 hours later than a girl.. Regarding your pregnancy argument.. thats a crude way to think about it-- Its also the character that counts.. Girls are brought up with the idea of them able to bring up a family .. so they should get used to being at home... this is the hard reality!

I have 4 girls and 2 boys.. And I have raised each one the same. And would not have done it any other way. It is ridiculous to raise them differently just because of gender. They do the same things, they get into trouble the same ways. In my view girls are more of a handful then boys, but that doesnt mean you treat or raise them any differently

yes we should trest bthe boys and girls equally at their teenage if we give so much security to any kind of genders then there is a posibility of dangers but as far as iam concerned we should give some security to girls

They should ABSOLUTELY be treated the same!! Parents are more concerned about their teenage daughter getting pregnant than their teenage sons getting someone pregnant. I don't understand this, because both situations can ruin the child's future.