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competition, develop loyalty toward an organization, and build rela-
tionships through their team play. Girls’ friendships are more conversa-
tion based, with thoughts and feelings, whereas for boys, friendships
are more activity based. When relationships are gender segregated,
girls and boys are less likely to reach out and build networks with the
other sex. Alternatively, boys’ networks tend to be more transactional,
ordered, status oriented, and competitive, whereas for girls they are
more affinitive, inclusive, and communication based.
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When early
social networks are sex segregated, women might later encounter diffi-
culties in understanding the language, ground rules for, and values in ...