What is Boy?
[[File:Boy running.jpg|thumb|Boys running in a field in [[Africa]]]] [[File:Boy eating wild fruits.jpg|thumb|[[Africa|African]] boy eating an orange]] A '''boy''' is a young [[male]] [[human]], either a [[child]] or [[teenager]]. Little boys still have the body of a child. It is not until they reach [[puberty]] (adolescence) that their bodies start to mature and they become a [[man]]. The word “boy” was used a long time ago in [[Anglo-Saxon]] English. The [[opposite]] of a boy is a [[girl]]. ==Culture== The way boys are brought up will vary a lot between different cultures. Boys are supposed to be tougher than girls. It is their job to do work that is physically hard, including fighting in the [[army]] when they are grown up. However, people’s attitudes are changing and nowadays many girls like to do the same things as boys. In Western cultures boys traditionally wear [[trousers]] (pants) while girls wear [[dress]]es or [[skirt]]s. However, many girls also wear trousers these days, like boys, especially when dressed informally. Boys often have shorter hair than girls, although this can vary a lot according to quickly changing fashions. Traditionally boys like rough games (such as [[soccer]] or [[Rugby football|rugby]]) and enjoy playing with [[mechanism|mechanical]] things such as toy cars and [[train]]s. People today have long discussions about whether this is because they are born like that, or because that is the way [[society]] expects them to behave. The traditional color for a boy is [[blue]]. For girls, it is [[pink]]. When a baby is born in a [[hospital]] it usually gets a blue or pink tag on its [[wrist]] or [[ankle]], according to whether it is a boy or a girl. ==Names== Some names are boys’ names, others are girls’ names. There are some names that can be for boys and girls (although they may be spelled differently, e.g. “Lesley” for a boy and “Leslie” for a girl). In some countries such as [[Britain]] an “old boy” means a grown-up who used to be a pupil at a particular school (e.g. “H