virgilvox:

livebloggingmydescentintomadness: DO girls mature faster than boys or is it that we force girls to be responsible while ‘boys will be boys’ “Usually, puberty starts between ages 8 and 13 in girls and ages 9 and 15 in boys.”(x) “The time when puberty begins varies greatly among individuals; however, puberty usually occurs in girls between the ages of 10 and 14 and between the ages of 12 and 16 in boys.”(x) “Generally they start between ages 7 and 13 in girls and ages 9 and 15 in boys.”(x) “Most girls begin puberty at 8-14 years of age, with 11 the average age. Girls develop quicker than boys. Most girls reach full sexual maturity within four years of starting puberty. Boys tend to develop later than girls. Most boys begin puberty at 9-14 years of age, with 12 the average age. Most boys reach maturity within four years of starting puberty.”(x) I realize that the “maturity” you probably mean doesn’t suddenly happen at the end of puberty or during it, however I think it’s a good starting point. So no, you don’t really have a leg to stand on.

This is not a post about literal puberty and it feels like the people who are saying otherwise are being deliberately obtuse and argumentative.

This is a post about mental, emotional, and social maturity.This is a post about boys who are not expected to do thankless, unpaid chores during childhood, who are not held accountable or punished for their rowdy and inappropriate behavior, who are not forced to control themselves in school while girls are sent home for bare shoulders because their dress code is policed while boys don't have a dress code. This is about boys who grow into men who can’t cook, clean, or do laundry for themselves because no one has made them learn, men who complain about everything they have to do, because women have always done it for them.

Are all men like that? Of fucking course not. But a damn sight too many are, and I say that it’s because girls are expected to be responsible and self-controlled and boys are expected not to be.

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