Posted because of this thread. Our commenters' debate: does being groped/catcalled/assaulted short of rape ruin a girl's life, or do girls need to be tough, and expect to be groped, and deal with it? Or does it simply make one miserable for a while, without being life-ruining?
Annette never seemed depressed to me! And she made me happy!
It’s the hormones in the milk and the kardasian girls
Trying to wall off sexuality from participation in the institution of family has given girls this kind of albatross to deal with. Ample chests — check. The possibility of babies to suckle? Not so much.
I am not quite sure what is meant as an analogous measure for the boys/men. Hairy chests? The single dynamic is easier for men than for women. (I’m weird. My back got far hairier than my chest did, and it’s been that way all my life.)
I knew a girl when I was a kid that was basically fully developed (and really hot) by the time she was 12. I really felt sorry for her back then because she was simply not equipped to cope with an adult body. I feel even more sorry for her now.
>>“We didn’t see the same thing for boys.”
Well duh. That’s because boys (and men) are what they are and we are generally comfortable with that...as long as someone doesn’t come along to tell them that they shouldn’t be what they are.
Poor girls. There’s already far more for them to deal with than I remember the girls I knew growing up had to.
I question that conclusion. I would think that boys that developed breast at a young age would also be depressed.
>>It isn’t just the other kids. It’s the grown men.
Probably because society tells them that as soon as they start to mature physically, they need to get into the skin-tight clothes, push-up bras, booty shorts, and makeup. Then, they could be 12, or they could be 32. If some poor guy thinks they’re 20, they don’t correct him because they want the attention from an “older guy” to make their friends jealous.
And I will be flamed for saying this from all the single moms out there because its important for them for their daughters to discover their sexuality, while at the same time they do everything they can to emasculate their sons because he reminds them of their ex (or baby daddy).
We didn’t see the same thing for boys
Well, there.
I have read that early puberty is more likely from molestation, which would then further that likelihood.