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I hear this all the time, but the wikipedia article seems to say the evidence is pretty weak. Juliet was 13 when herself and Romeo got together
by circlefavshape 3y ago
I hear this all the time, but the wikipedia article seems to say the evidence is pretty weak. Juliet was 13 when herself and Romeo got together
- bitwize 3y agoIn India it used to be expected to be married and starting to have kids by age 12 or so. In the novel Nectar in a Sieve, main character Rukmani is worried that her daughter will be an old maid forever when she remains unmarried at the ripe old age of... 14.
- klbinz 3y agoWhen I looked, the evidence I found was quite strong. Younger age of maturity seems to be driven by nutritional improvements of the Industrial Revolution. > Compared to the 19th century, women have become younger and taller at age of maturity (Worthman 1999). This secular trend has been most intense within groups of low socioeconomic status (SES) (e.g., Abioye-Kuteyi et al 1997). This class effect only pertains to countries where low SES groups do not suffer from systematic malnutrition and disease (it is absent in e.g., Denmark Helm & Lidegaard 1989). https://kevinbinz.com/2022/08/18/the-pace-of-life/ https://kevinbinz.com/2022/08/18/the-pace-of-life/
- SamPatt 3y agoGiven your username, I'm assuming you're the author of these articles. Thank you for writing them. Very informative. It makes sense that maturity would occur earlier in an environment where resources are plentiful.