Ours is a more inclusive style. And women build relationships more naturally. I think we re more apt to know personal things about our clients, like whose child is in college or whose dog is having hip problems. Which makes sense to Baskin. When little girls make friends, they do it by talking.
Boys do the same by playing basketball or baseball or some other sport.
It s that socializing through competition that also accounts for a few differences between the genders. In my generation, Albert offers, girls weren t taught to compete the way boys were. I was lucky because I was brought up with three brothers. If I was going to survive, I had to step up to the plate and hit the ball. Which is exactly what she s doing now.