chickencoupe16 said:
Brittmoore Car Club said:
Tanya 93 said:
GeorgiAg said:
Why do kids that age need to discuss sexuality at all? I support this bill.
Because an increasing number of girls are getting their first period in 3rd or 4th grade.
They need to know that they can get pregnant now and how to avoid it.
DAFUQ? 8 and 9 yrs old?
Not to derail, but this seems like a troubling trend that may deserve its own thread.
I don't at all know the reason or even have knowledge of whether it's actually a trend or not, but there could very well be a no troubling explanation. If it's due to better something, say better nutrition (prenatal vitamins, better formula, more digestible food stuffs, more fiber, and, and, and...) jumpstarting development and therefore sexual maturity, is this something that we want to undo?
If that is the case, no. But we have seen a sharp decline in mens' average testosterone rates...something like 30-40% since the 1980's...which IS troubling. People have theorized that, in addition to obesity rates, it could be due to all of the estrogenic compounds in the plastics and other things we consume on a daily basis. Even in young physically fit men, testosterone rates are much lower than they used to be. You can usually see it by comparing them physically to men from 20-40 years ago...less prominent jawlines, narrower chest/shoulders, less pronounced brows and less facial and body hair.
James Garner was 35 in the Great Escape. Steve McQueen was like 32. Fast fwd to Tom Selleck...35 in the below promo pic for Magnum PI in 1980. When was the last time you saw 30-something year old "kids" that looks like that?



If this is the case, I have to wonder if the same things are contributing to spikes in estrogen in younger girls.
I am always troubled when we are seeing new trends across the entire population that have never existed in human history.
8-10 year old girls are NEVER meant to breed. Their body's simply can't handle it the way teens and preteens could. So no, I don't think it's a good thing that many 3rd and 4th graders are now apparently of breeding age.