Boys reach sexual maturity younger and younger
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"The biological and social phases in the lives of young people are drifting apart ever stronger," says Josh Goldstein. "While adolescents become adults earlier in a biological sense, they reach adulthood later regarding their social and economic roles." Life cycle research shows that for more than half a century the age at which people marry, have children, start their careers and become financially independent from their parents continues to rise.
source: Article 'Boys Reach Sexual Maturity Younger and Younger: Phase Between Being Physically but Not Socially Adult Is Getting Longer'; www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110818101714.htm; ScienceDaily; 19 August 2011