ID: 346 Date: 1990s - 2006 Title: Girls are weak Gender: Male and Female Classification: Partisian Rhyme: Girls are sexy, made out of Pepsi, Boys are rotten, made out of cotton. (Whangarei, 2000; NZ ex UK, 2004; Ashburton, 2006) -- Girls are weak, Boys are strong, Like King Kong. (Ashburton, 2006) -- Girls go to College to get more knowledge. Boys go to Jupiter, to get more stupider. (Blackball, 2002) -- Girls go to Mars, to be superstars. (NZ, 1990s) -- Girls go to Mars to get more bras. Boys play rugby, to get more ugly. (Rotorua, 2002) -- Girls have showers to get more powers. (NZ, 1990s) -- Girls are weak, chuck them in the creek. Boys are stronger, they live longer. (NZ, 2000) -- Girls are from Mars, And got nice cars. Guys are from Venus With a small penis. (Howick, 2000) -- Girls are cool, in the swimming pool, Boys are weak, lying in the creek. (Auckland, 2000) -- Girls are weak, like Bo Peep, Throw them in the creek. (Northland, 2000) -- Girls go to Mars, to get more stars, Boys go to Jupiter, to get more stupider. (NZ, 2000; NZ ex UK, 2004) -- Girls are weak, throw them in the creek, Boys are strong, like King Kong. (Ashburton, 2005) -- Girls are strong, like King Kong. Boys are weak, throw them in the creek. (Auckland, 2004) -- Girls are sexy, made out of Pepsi, Boys are spastic, made out of plastic. (Mt Maunganui, 2004) -- Background Info: Many versions and comments on this rhyme in Factor, 1988:140-142, including "children's acute observation and awareness of shifts in social values, their sharp ear for whatever is new and newsworthy". == Variation in "Play and Folklore", Issue 40, 2001: 2: Girls are weak, chuck them in the creek, Boy are weaker, chuck them in deeper. Girls are strong, chuck them in long, Boys are stronger chuck them in longer. == Keywords: gender differences, gender issues Location: Various NZ,Australia Group size: 2 Incidence: 15