At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Women supposedly gain composure and crisis management skills much earlier in life than men do.
- In plain terms
- Women learn to handle tough situations way before men do.
- What can you take from it?
- Experience in handling difficulty comes earlier for women than for men.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do you agree that women mature faster in crises?
- How does experience shape handling difficulty?
Another view
This generalization oversimplifies individual growth and ignores men who mature early.
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