Re: Memes and sexuality

From: Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Sat Jul 15 2000 - 21:01:56 BST

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Subject: Re: Memes and sexuality
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    Kenneth Van Oost made this comment not too long ago --

    ><< Please explain ! >>

    The onset of puberty among girls has been reducing in age for awhile, and
    this is fairly well documented in western (that is, fast food and plenty
    of it) societies. What has been proposed as the mechanism for this
    phenomenon is the increased weights of the population of young girls
    among such communities, since body mass _may_ be a hormonal trigger of
    puberty onset.

    Anyway, yes, the age of puberty _is_ and has been, decreasing, among
    girls. I have not seen any relevant studies with any conclusions for
    boys, but it would not be a long reach to hypothesize such a correlation.

    - Wade

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