I hate how boys are being shamed for developing later than girls

Repulsive_Milk877 · 2026-03-28T11:05:21+00:00

There is also the issue that we equate obedience and submissiveness in kids as maturity, while individualism and creativity as something to grow up from.

Ok_Night_7767 · 2026-03-28T13:39:51+00:00

Born to a German Jewish family in 1879, Einstein was a late bloomer. He learned to speak after most of his peers, and though he earned decent marks in class, he didn’t impress his teachers. Rather than focus on wowing them, he focused on the topics he found interesting: physics and philosophy. As a preteen, he was reading Kant and college-level science texts. He went to Zurich Polytechnic after initially failing the school’s entrance exam.

NOChiRo · 2026-03-28T11:31:54+00:00

The same people will say that girls are mature at 10, should vote at 15, and cannot be responsible for their actions into their late forties

InsaneBasti · 2026-03-28T13:20:45+00:00

Yea and how thats often simply not true. So many girls are incredibly childish and immature (csnt take responsibilitys, cant think 2 steps ahead, no empathy, etc) for sometimes their entire life. While men often get tought to "be the man of the house" and forced to speedrun growing up.

Aexaus · 2026-03-28T19:24:13+00:00

Boys develop later than girls, but guess who has more liability and risk to manage as they enter adulthood? In fact, women don't seem to be obligated to behave like adults.

mrmensplights · 2026-03-28T16:46:24+00:00

It's just sexists using random science facts to support their hateful ideology. The facts are torn free from context and used like bludgeons, but there is nothing in them that supports any of the leaps of logic people are making to support their generalized hate theories.

Just read girls start puberty at ~10-11 on average and boys ~11-12. Girls finish earlier and boys have a longer window. These facts mean nothing about boys and girls beyond the fact itself.

Schools are now designed for girls success and reward stereotypical girl behaviors like conscientiousness and demonize typical boy behaviors. Studies have also shown female teachers have a bias in favor of girls. These kinds of social biases - and there are many more - play a far larger role in impressions that get formed about boys and girls than something like "when they start puberty on average".

Sea_Palpitation4302 · 2026-03-28T11:22:48+00:00

Had this growing up late bloomer everyone else started puberty before me. I was also labeled immature.

ItsHappenedBefore42 · 2026-03-28T13:52:41+00:00

Its what you accomplish over the entirety of your life that counts.

Men can be proud. Over the last 10000 years we have literally built everything we have. All the buildings and roads, all the wonders of the world, all the fights for freedom. The greatest accomplishments, discovering new worlds and sending man into space

We are great at sports, math, music, and science.

Can they shame us in our youth? Yes, but that is because they know what we will be able to do in the future. It is one small time they have the advantage.

Different-Product-91 · 2026-03-28T16:11:58+00:00

Boys may take longer to finish their physical development, but the end result is way more impressive.

Impossible-Age-3302 · 2026-03-28T21:57:54+00:00

Keep in mind that women are weaker than men at every stage of their life and you don’t hear many of them belittling themselves for their inferiority. They’re also generally more neurotic and emotional.

Everythingscoolbro · 2026-03-28T21:32:34+00:00

I don’t agree with the idea that males mature later and could back that up with plenty of evidence. I believe maturity isn’t about gender, but rather about individuals.

alterego200 · 2026-03-29T01:54:37+00:00

Girls sexually mature at a younger age than boys.

Women are not mature at any age!

corporate_robot_dude · 2026-03-28T13:33:43+00:00

The current social and economic situation is very difficult for a young man to enter society and establish himself him. Not only is he screwed from the job market but also dating. The advice he gets from instituitions and mainstream sources is politically correct, but does not work at all. When he questions this and starts encountering advice that is more "brutally honest", he is called an incel for believing in such.

For women, their experiences are complete opposite. They are born with value and constantly given validation. Guys from all around the world like their social media feeds and the feminized instituitions have all sort of female empowerment programs for STEM and entrepreneurship. Even when a female reaches the ultimate form of failure (a single mom), there is still no shortage of simps or government programs to bail her out. That's why there is no need for accountability.

Voidbooster · 2026-03-29T02:35:46+00:00

since i was little, i noticed this complain about us men not maturing early like girls does, but on a Really sexist perspective to push that stupid "Girls are Better than Boys" Narrative yet again.

SlamMetalSudokuGains · 2026-03-28T11:31:55+00:00

Right. On the subject of development, people also conveniently overlook the fact that men's brains also pack in more growth. Women's brains on average end maturing at the age of 23 whereas men's brains end maturing at 26. This 3 year gap actually allows men to develop stronger connections in spatial processing, motor skills, risk assessment, future planning, abstract thought, logic and reason.

New-Distribution6033 · 2026-03-30T23:03:14+00:00

I've always thought that was a bit of a misnomer. Girls didn't mature faster, thy just quit maturing earlier.

Independent_Report22 · 2026-03-28T18:41:17+00:00

I think knowing this fact, boys should start school one year later than girls

The-Mockinjay · 2026-03-28T18:58:33+00:00

Sounds like something called a skill issue

SidewaysGiraffe · 2026-03-28T14:17:09+00:00

Um... who, exactly, are these "so many people"? I have never in my life heard anyone say anything like that.

rezonansmagnetyczny · 2026-03-28T16:55:50+00:00

Men stay around 13-15 mentaly until they're 26, and then almost over night become mature adults (usually).

Women have a tendency to mature to the mental age of 18 when they're about 14, but then stick there until their mid to late 40s.

ctleatherdad · 2026-03-28T17:53:39+00:00

Who is shaming boys? If a woman ever said that around me I would remind them that women decline mentally faster in old age.

Title	I hate how boys are being shamed for developing later than girls
Author	Medical_Arson
Upvotes	285
Comments	38
Date	March 28, 2026 10:54 AM UTC (4 months ago)
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