###### study included 450 early adolescents matched ###### a parent or guardian.

Interviews were ###### in Bolivia, Belgium, Burkina Faso, China, ###### Democratic Republic of Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, ######, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Scotland, South Africa, ###### United States and Vietnam.

Researchers found ###### gender stereotypes that emphasize female passivity ###### encourage abuse.]]>
Boys, on the ###### hand, are encouraged to spend time ###### of the home, unsupervised, to explore ###### world.

When it came to relationships, ###### were consistently viewed as being the ###### allowed to take the first step ###### in one city - Edinburgh, Scotland.

######, girls across the world are taught ###### their bodies are their key asset.]]>