sillykatz:sea-rogue:theconcealedweapon:misaimed-archer:Question: Do boys and girls even mature at di
sillykatz:sea-rogue:theconcealedweapon:misaimed-archer:Question: Do boys and girls even mature at difffered rates?Only when it’s convenient for the people saying it, like when they’re trying to justify being attracted to teenage girls or not holding boys accountable for being creeps.Physically: yes, ON AVERAGE, girls start puberty earlier, but it’s a case of overlapping distrubutions. The /mean/ starting age is earlier for girls than the /mean/ age for boys, but that leaves a LOT of room for overlap.Mentally: no, society just expects many of the traits associated with maturity (things like poise, compassion, calm and thoughtful responses to stimuli) from girls LONG before it expects them from boys, if it ever expects it from them at all. Girls aren’t given a choice but to perform having “matured faster,” often to their own detriment.I learned this in one of my sociology classes and dammit it’s so damn true! -- source link