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[rjaypeters]

"Boys Reach Sexual Maturity Younger and Younger: Phase Between Being Physically but Not Socially Adult Is Getting Longer"

Quote:

"ScienceDaily (Aug. 18, 2011) — Boys are maturing physically earlier than ever before. The age of sexual maturity has been decreasing by about 2.5 months each decade at least since the middle of the 18th century. Joshua Goldstein, director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock (MPIDR), has used mortality data to demonstrate this trend, which until now was difficult to decipher. What had already been established for girls now seems to also be true for boys: the time period during which young people are sexually mature but socially not yet considered adults is expanding."

and:

"It has long been documented by medical records that girls are experiencing their first menstruation earlier and earlier. But comparable data analysis for boys did not exist. Goldstein resolved this gap by studying demographic data related to mortality. When male hormone production during puberty reaches a maximum level the probability of dying jumps up. This phenomenon, called the "accident hump," exists in almost all societies and is statistically well documented."

Our wise ones might want to think about the increasing gap between age of sexual maturity and social maturity.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 101714.htm

[krenshala]

Interesting, especially if you consider that not that long (~100 years (or was it 150?)) ago a male aged 16 years was considered an adult.