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Why is it believed that girls mature faster than boys?
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I think it has to do with reproduction and development. Girls need to mature faster both mentally and physically in order to be viable birthing chambers at a sooner age. While boys are expendable and worthless in the scheme of things so nature has given them more time to develop viable social skills so they can contribute to survival of the women.
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Mature in body, you are right. but not in mind. Male are slightly and mostly more mature in mind more than female. In body appearance, females looks more mature than males, but is not. Women always want to be a girl but men never want to be a boy in most cases. Women want to be pet and looked after (care for) since ages. This has led them to act younger even though they are older. And that breeds a belief that they acts younger but looks older, hence, mature. In the other hand men reaches for being a protective individual to a provider. Putting him in a situation from ages to play an older role for a younger individual. A role that demand from him to act more mature and fulfill the needs of that position, even though he can't do all sometimes. These are granted with more adrenaline, muscular fixtures and the hunger to dominate. Just like "Boys don't cry". Boys do cry, but the demand is they(the boy) should face it like a man. A boy in a man shoes does not look mature, because there are spaces to fill, but a woman in a girl's shoe or wanna be younger looks mature, because there is nothing to fill. she has passed that stage or age before. But the man hasn't reach it. Nature (time) made it so, but there is always LOVE in the air, enjoy it. Two captain can REST in one boat, one either rule or support to other.
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that's just the way their bodies were created!
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Because otherwise the human race would have died out thousands of years ago.
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Mature girls are nice to look at.
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i have no clue, i have always wondered that. i have also wondered y some boys mature faster thatn others, i am 4'11" in the 8th grade, i am 14!!
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maybe so it reduces the chances of her being impregnated by a sibling so she has to go out from the clan or family group for a mate then her male siblings bring in mates with a differant Genetic make up and the core group dosent be come a mass of loonies that have six toes and bleed alot and have cousin brother uncle granny that live next door.. animals like the cougar drive away there young and defend a huge 100 mile territory to keep inbreeding to a minimum alitter of dalmations or other special color breeds of animals occur when the animals are bred to their own back and forth this incest creates a color but results in deaf and blind and runts that dont suvive and when they go psycho and bite an owner they blame the people around the dog but humans are the same look at charlesand the royal families they are at least cousins
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They need the head start.
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Nature's design. It gets them ready for maternity quickly it's a matter of human survival.
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