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Girls just want to have fun, I hear. My research suggests that almost all Americans just want to have fun. Leisure time is our number one time-consuming activity after work. But we approach this very oddly compared to most other cultures. And the media wants it that way.

We “party” as a youth cohort and then slowly watch TV/video content as we age.

This…