Boys prefer sport: girls prefer clothes. If we were to consider the young people of, say, fifty years ago, the statement would be undeniably true. In those days, sport was a predominantly male pursuit. The girl were considered the fairer sex and they were more concerned with how they look, thus the preference for beautiful clothes. Nowadays, this statement is no longer true. There are as many games for girls as there are for boys. With the exception of some games like rugger and cricket, girls participate in almost all that boys play. In athletics we see girls performing just as well as the boys, some even better. They jump, run, throw and generally enjoy the sporting events as much as the boys. In fact some girl are aggressive and highly competitive. I have seen girls elbowing one another in a basketball game, uttering unmentionable words when angry and shouting themselves hoarse cheering or jeering the participants. So much for the myth that girls are weaker and not sport-loving. They definitely revel in sport, with some exceptions. Anyway we can say the same for some of the boys too. Not all of them love sport.