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{{quote|''"No! [[Allergic to Love|Girls give me the hives]]! [[Big No|NOOOO!]]"''|'''Chester McBadbat''', ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]''}}
{{quote|''"No! [[Allergic to Love|Girls give me the hives]]! [[Big No|NOOOO!]]"''|'''Chester McBadbat''', ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]''}}


An absolutely mandatory law (especially prevalent in [[Sitcom|Sitcoms]]): If you're male and under 11 years old, you have to automatically think romance and females are gross. No exceptions are allowed. (Except [[Kidanova]], cause [[Rule of Funny|that's funny]].) Girls of the same age sometimes claim that boys have cooties.
An absolutely mandatory law (especially prevalent in [[Sitcom]]s): If you're male and under 11 years old, you have to automatically think romance and females are gross. No exceptions are allowed. (Except [[Kidanova]], cause [[Rule of Funny|that's funny]].) Girls of the same age sometimes claim that boys have cooties.


For those of you who were wondering, there are such things as cooties, and they're not limited to girls. "Cooties" just happens to be another word for "body lice."
For those of you who were wondering, there are such things as cooties, and they're not limited to girls. "Cooties" just happens to be another word for "body lice."
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It should be noted that Cooties is generally only something that happens to girls their ''own'' age. It rarely, if ever, affects older girls. In fact, a boy can think that Girls Have Cooties even while having a [[Precocious Crush]] on an older girl or woman.
It should be noted that Cooties is generally only something that happens to girls their ''own'' age. It rarely, if ever, affects older girls. In fact, a boy can think that Girls Have Cooties even while having a [[Precocious Crush]] on an older girl or woman.


Arguably becoming a [[Discredited Trope]] as in [[Real Life]] young boys are just as likely to boast about their "girlfriends". This may or may not be due to the increased prominence -- compared to a generation ago -- of romance and sexuality in entertainment media aimed at or enjoyed by kids. Often leads to jokes about STDs.
Arguably becoming a [[Discredited Trope]] as in [[Real Life]] young boys are just as likely to boast about their "girlfriends". This may or may not be due to the increased prominence—compared to a generation ago—of romance and sexuality in entertainment media aimed at or enjoyed by kids. Often leads to jokes about STDs.


If the boy does ''not'' get over his dislike of women when he grows up, he might be a [[He-Man Woman Hater]]. Compare [[Allergic to Love]].
If the boy does ''not'' get over his dislike of women when he grows up, he might be a [[He-Man Woman Hater]]. Compare [[Allergic to Love]].