It has come to my attention that many either do not know of the girls' network, or deny that it exists. Often times it comes as a surprise to boys how quickly information about themselves spreads. No one should be surprised once the girls' network is truly understood.
The girls' network is vast. It transcends national borders. Oceans cannot limit its sphere of influence. The girl's network does not have beginning of days nor end of life. It is beyond comprehension and defies understanding. What is said to one, may very well be said to many.
The girls' network is a powerful and effective means of gathering information. Most of the time spent on the girls' network is discussing boys. The girls' network shows that girls are much more adept at compiling and transferring relevant information at all levels of complexity. At the most fundamental level, they've got the face-to-face girl-talk down. Whether the group is small or large, girls have an innate capability for asking the right questions, and answering with enough information to very quickly gather and disseminate lots of information in a short period of time.
Technology has only fueled the network. Standard forms of technology, such as cellphones, email, SMS, and IMing, allow for the girl's grapevine to more quickly gather and spread information. Then there are the more advanced technological resources found on the Internet: Facebook, Myspace, blogs, Twitter, etc. Through the Internet, masses of information go into the public domain so that any girl with a web browser can harvest the relevant information and insert it directly into the network. In fact, assuming that girls and boys use technological resources equally, in a way I don't quite fully comprehend, girls seem to utilize them better than their counterparts to promote the network's ends.
It is true that not every female is an active participant to the girls' network, but this does not diminish the validity of the network. No other network comes close to being as efficient or robust. While I fully acknowledge there are exceptions, I also make the argument that many girls who are not active participants to the girls' network would participate if given the chance. Some girls feel like they do not participate in the girl's network because they limit their information-divulging to select individuals who "do not spread it." This is often times false, and may be how the girl's network is so effective. All it takes is one girl, and the rest is history.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
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And I can assert it does not cease or diminish with time or marriage. Amazing you discovered it, what with mostly brothers. Puts you a step ahead, though.
ohhhhh myyyyyy goooooosh. I can only assume that something got around that you didn't want to get around.
K now you have to say two nice things about women. (It's the rule.)
hahaha. Now, all of us ladies are going to get together and talk about you and your girl network dsicovery and how to stop you spreading this information to the rest of the male world... just kidding, I think it would be more useful if more men knew of it's existence.
Yeah. I knew you were going to write this post before you even wrote it. Beth told me that Sadie told her that Lisa and Kim IM'd her because you had rubbed your eye in plain sight of Josephine...well, you see how it goes.
You should be jealous you're not part of the "girls-network". Guys should feel good about themselves knowing that half of the time, it's spent talking about them...although, sometimes that's NOT a good thing. :)
I didn't mean to leave my comment under my sister's account...oops! :)
Haha I happen to be plugged into the girls network...it's true...you can deny it if you want. I mastered the skill while being raised by only a woman for the first 17 years of my life! Beware women, I'm on to you...
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