Tweenager
A tween or tweenager is a person between the ages 10 to 12. In this stage of life, they are still developing. They can also be seen described with the term Preteens.
Timing of puberty
changeOn average, girls begin puberty at ages 10 to 15; boys at ages 11 to 16.[1][2] Girls usually complete puberty by ages 15 to 17,[2][3][4] while boys usually complete puberty by ages 16 to 17.[2][3] The major landmark of puberty for females is menarche, the onset of menstruation. This usually occurs between ages 12 and 13;[5][6][7] for males, it is the first ejaculation, which occurs on average at age 15.[8]In the 21st century, the average age at which children, especially girls, reach puberty is lower compared to the 19th century, when it was 15 for girls and 16 for boys.[9] This can be due to improved nutrition resulting in rapid body growth, increased weight and fat deposition[10] or eating meat from animals which have been dosed up with estrogen.[11][12]
Sexual attraction to tweenagers or people going through puberty is called hebephilia.[13]
References
change- ↑ "When is puberty too early?". Duke University Hospital. Retrieved October 10, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "For girls, puberty begins around 10 or 11 years of age and ends around age 16. Boys enter puberty later than girls-usually around 12 years of age-and it lasts until around age 16 or 17." "Teenage Growth & Development: 11 to 14 Years". pamf.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Teenage Growth & Development: 15 to 17 Years". pamf.org.
- ↑ "Puberty and adolescence". Retrieved July 5, 2009.
- ↑ Anderson SE; Dallal GE; Must A (2003). "Relative weight and race influence average age at menarche: results from two nationally representative surveys of US girls studied 25 years apart". Pediatrics. 111 (4 Pt 1): 844–50. doi:10.1542/peds.111.4.844. PMID 12671122.
- ↑ Al-Sahab B; Ardern CI; Hamadeh MJ; Tamim H (2010). "Age at menarche in Canada: results from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children & Youth". BMC Public Health. 10: 736. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-736. PMC 3001737. PMID 21110899.
- ↑ Hamilton-Fairley, Diana. "Obstetrics and Gynaecology" (PDF) (Second ed.). Blackwell Publishing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2017-11-06.
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- ↑ Alleyne, Richard (2010-06-13). "Girls now reaching puberty before 10 - a year sooner than 20 years ago". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2018-04-01.
- ↑ Guillette EA; et al. (2006). "Altered breast development in young girls from an agricultural environment". Environ. Health Perspect. 114 (3): 471–5. doi:10.1289/ehp.8280. PMC 1392245. PMID 16507474.
- ↑ Buck L.G.M.; et al. (February 2008). "Environmental factors and puberty timing: expert panel research needs". Pediatrics. 121 (Suppl 3): S192–207. doi:10.1542/peds.1813E. PMID 18245512. S2CID 9375302.
- ↑ Mouritsen A; et al. (April 2010). "Hypothesis: exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals may interfere with timing of puberty". Int. J. Androl. 33 (2): 346–59. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2605.2010.01051.x. PMID 20487042.
- ↑ Hames, Raymond, and Ray Blanchard. "Anthropological data regarding the adaptiveness of hebephilia." Archives of Sexual Behavior 41.4 (2012): 745-747