Damnit, there's always "and another thing" with my LJ comments.
Mixed-gender flirting is generally safer than same-sex for boys, while for girls there is often a higher level of acceptable social intimacy leading to "is she just being friendly" questions: both of which make making the first move more tricky and so skew things further toward mixed gender outcomes.
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Date: 2010-07-16 02:26 pm (UTC)Mixed-gender flirting is generally safer than same-sex for boys, while for girls there is often a higher level of acceptable social intimacy leading to "is she just being friendly" questions: both of which make making the first move more tricky and so skew things further toward mixed gender outcomes.