* The age limit for marriage in France was, until recently, 15 for girls, but 18 for boys. The age for girls was raised to 18 in 2006
* Boys who have unusual first names are more likely to have mental problems than boys with conventional names. Girls don't seem to have this problem
* Close to 73% of girls in Bangladesh are married by age 18
* Eighty percent of 10 year old girls in the USA go on a diet
* Girls have more tastebud than boys
* More boys than girls are born during the day; more girls are born at night
* One of the Bond girls in the James Bond movie, "For Your Eyes Only," used to be a man
* There are 106 boys born for every 100 girls
* Girls are slightly more likely than boys to use home computers for e-mail, word processing and completing school assignments than playing games
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* During the 1600's, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old
* In 1892, Italy raised the minimum age for marriage for girls to 12
* 52% of women obtaining abortions in the U.S. are younger than 25: Women aged 20-24 obtain 32% of all abortions; Teenagers obtain 20% and girls under 15 account for 1.2%
* Until about the age of 12, boys cry about as often as girls
* A study reported in the New York Times suggests that one in five adolescent girls become the victims of physical or sexual violence, or both, in a dating relationship
* At least 60 million girls who would otherwise be expected to be alive are "missing" from various populations, mostly in Asia, as a result of sex-selective abortions, infanticide or neglect
* Globally, at least one in three women and girls is beaten or sexually abused in her lifetime
* 4 million women and girls are trafficked annually
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