Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id PAA17570 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:15:31 +0100 Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:14:13 -0700 From: Bill Spight <bspight@pacbell.net> Subject: Re: Memes and sexuality To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Message-id: <397314B5.BB164D59@pacbell.net> Organization: Saybrook Graduate School X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en]C-PBI-NC404 (Win95; I) Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: ja,en References: <20000715200157.AAA19081%camailp.harvard.edu@[204.96.32.161]> Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
Dear Wade,
> 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.
>
Perhaps the amount of fat is the key. There is a relation in adult women
between body fat and menstruation. Skinny athletes may stop menstruating.
Fat is necessary for successful pregnancy. Perhaps sufficient fat can
induce initial menstruation.
Best,
Bill
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