Moving from interpreting "signals" to clear verbal communication.
One famous anecdote from a 1991 textbook titled "Growing Up For Everybody" illustrates this perfectly: A cartoon panel shows a boy and a girl standing back-to-back in a mirror. The boy thinks, "I hope my shoulders get wider." The girl thinks, "I hope my hips don't." The caption reads: "You are both hoping for the same thing: to look like yourself." puberty sexual education for boys and girls 1991 better
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