What are the implications for society when its normal for girls to reach puberty as young as six years old?

Question

"Dr. Paul Kaplowitz and his associates recently recommended that the earliest age for "normal" onset of puberty simply be redefined as age seven in Caucasian girls and age six in African-American girls".

http://www.worldandi.com/public/2001/October/sax.html

Answer 1

Hmm, perhaps there is a bit of natural selection still going on.

Looks like, on a whole, women who get to puberty sooner are having more children.  Most likely because they become attractive to men much sooner and thus perpetuating the genes to cause early puberty.

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Not sure how anyone can thumb down that.  It's just evolution.  Look it up some time.

Answer 2

THATS NOT NORMAL AND SHOULD BE DEEMED PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY (YES I'M YELLING).

http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/p... OR

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/precoci...

Answer 3

"As the influence of the new psychology permeates our culture, women have understandably begun to wonder whether men are really, well, human. "What if these women are right?" wonders one writer in an article for Marie Claire, a national woman's magazine. "What if it's true that some men don't possess, or at least can't express, nuanced emotions?"8 More than a few contemporary psychologists have come to regard the male of our species as a coarsened, more violent edition of the normal, female, human. Not surprisingly, they have begun to question whether having a man in the house is desirable or even safe."

....your source same page.....should we really take this seriously?

Answer 4

It indicates to me that hormone infested and genetically modified food is forcing womanhood on girls faster than many will be able to handle it. Children shouldn't be robbed of their childhood like that.

Answer 5

It would mean severe damage to both young girls and our society.  Sadly, girls this age are subjected to molestation by men in their lives....and having that turn into pregnant children (TRULY children) would impact the devastation they already experience!

Answer 6

Menarche typically occurs at about 11.7 years of age across all cultures.

N.B.:  I offer no apologies to the community thought police for this statement of fact.

Answer 7

DOWN? I thought it was going up. Girls was giving birth and becoming wives at very young ages year ago.

Answer 8

Why are you asking that?  DO you have any plans for a six or seven year old girl?  This question sounds too creepy for me.

Answer 9

They aren't good, that's for sure.  You definitely will end up with more children having children.

I'm all for going back to glass containers, myself.  Have been for awhile.

Answer 10

Is he kidding? The average age of puberty has been going down for decades, but it hasn't gotten THERE yet!