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America’s Youth Hates Leading, Perfectly Content To Follow

Being a leader was sooooooo last decade. Just ask today’s kids. [Washington Post]

The Washington Post reports: “A new nationwide survey of girls and boys found that a majority of children and youths in the United States have little or no interest with achieving leadership roles when they become adults, ranking “being a leader” behind other goals such as “fitting in,” “making a lot of money” and “helping animals or the environment.“” Nice, kids. Nice.

Another interesting point discovered by the survey, which was conducted by the Girl Scouts of America: three-quarters of African American girls and boys and Hispanic girls surveyed already identify themselves as leaders, a much larger group than white youths, about half of whom think of themselves this way.

So why don’t tomorrow’s leaders want to lead? Good question. And the answers vary, depending on whether you ask girls or boys.

Sadly, many young women think that while they may have the qualities to lead, they’d be laughed at by the peers if they tried to take the helm.

“Some girls still struggle with the unwritten rules of what it means to be ‘feminine,’ the Girl Scouts report concluded. They worry about “exhibiting stereotypically ‘female’ behaviors, like being nice, quiet, polite, agreeable, and liked by all.”

And boys? They’re just lazy. Boys cited far fewer personal reasons for not wanting to be a leader, including a lack of experience and simply being uninterested.

We’re assuming this makes “follow the leader” games rather interesting.

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