What Causes Girls to Enter Puberty Early? (surprising, to me at least, connection with biological fathers)

paracog · 2015-02-05T22:13:06+00:00

I wonder if nature has provided females with a way to attract a male protector if a father is not present in the family group. Would be evolutionarily favorable.

xNOM · 2015-02-05T21:03:45+00:00

More surprising, strong evidence reveals that emotional stress in a girl’s family can jump-start puberty earlier. Growing up in unpredictable households with high levels of conflict leads to early maturation. So does early sexual abuse. A girl who grows up without her biological father is twice as likely to get her period before age 12 compared with a girl reared with her father in the home. The effects of fathers may or may not be linked to stress, but a father’s presence in the home does seem to matter when it comes to puberty.

AdmiralKuznetsov · 2015-02-05T22:26:13+00:00

Also, access to food.

Wargame4life · 2015-02-06T02:30:04+00:00

I though this was well known it was the result of a change in our diets, girls can only start puberty when they have a certain percentage of available body fat and that's why gymnasts start puberty so much later.

due to shitty high calorie food women in general are receiving more calories than they used to earlier on so this naturally leads to earlier puberty than before

Diesel-66 · 2015-02-07T05:37:58+00:00

Body fat is a big one

Allegations that hormones in milk are causing it.

Title	What Causes Girls to Enter Puberty Early? (surprising, to me at least, connection with biological fathers)
Author	xNOM
Upvotes	6
Comments	9
Date	February 5, 2015 9:03 PM UTC (11 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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