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[oxymoronia]

Boys' names better for girls

The researchers rated each name's masculinity by comparing the number of females versus males with that name in the state. They also controlled for income and class

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[charlycrash]

That's it, I'm calling my daughter Steve.

“A Girl Named ‘Steve’”, by Shelly Silverstein, sung by Joanie Cash

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And he said: Steve, this world is rough
And if a gal's gonna make it, she's gotta be tough
And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along.
So I give ya that name and I said goodbye
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
And it's the name that helped to make you strong.

[oxymoronia]

And your son can be Eve or Evelyn!

[ext_90340]

It would be interesting to see in which fields this result holds, and to what extent.

For my part, I rather hope that I don't have a child who wants to be a lawyer.

[oxymoronia]

There's also the possibility that people who give their daughter excessively feminine names such as Rosabella pass on their not-so-bright genes.

[ext_90340]

There are many stories that could be told to explain these results as they stand.

Almost always over-looked, and almost always more significant than market discrimination is pre-market discrimination - which largely amounts to the influences of families and of school systems. Parents who name their daughters Rosabella may or may not have different genetic endowments, but (statistically speaking) they surely have different values.