It is believed that representatives of southern and eastern peoples reach puberty somewhat earlier than their peers. What is the reason for this?
Daughters of the sun
The southern edges are characterized by increased solar activity. And the sun is light and warmth. Remember that it is the sun's rays that play a major role in the maturation of plants. And children in regions where there is little sun grow up "stunted". This is why we love driving south so much.
Also in the diet of southern peoples there are more vitamins: they have access to fruits almost all year round. All this significantly affects the hormonal sphere. Therefore, puberty in girls here begins about a year and a half earlier than in northerners. At 10 years old, a native of the southern regions may look like her contemporary from the north at 12.
“Probably, many women noticed that in the summer the menstrual cycle shifts a little,” says Eleonora Ovsyannikova, a children's gynecologist, candidate of medical sciences. - Yes, and at sea, menstruation often begins very unexpectedly. This body reacts to the sun and adjusts the production of hormones.
Anok, this mechanism is spelled out in genetic memory: it does not matter where the girl lives. In Armenian, Jewish, Chechen, Spanish or Croatian women, on average, breasts begin to grow earlier than in British, Swedish, Russian or Chukchi women."
The consequences of early adulthood
It is not for nothing that in Soviet times, representatives of the southern and eastern republics were allowed to marry at the age of 16, while Russian women were allowed to marry only at the age of 18. And "unofficially" a girl could be married at 14, 15. Nowadays, little has changed in this regard, especially in Islamic republics of the Caucasus.
“In many cultures, a girl became an adult with the onset of her period,” comments ethnographer and sociologist Alina Slavskaya. “She was instructed to change clothes from a nursery to a woman’s, she was allowed to start wearing maternal jewelry, and those around her began to treat her accordingly.”
mature girls from the south also seem older than their peers. And in many ways, early marriages contribute to this. At the age of 20, most European girls are still busy with studies and romance, and a 20-year-old southerner may already have two or three children by this age.
The sooner you mature - you grow old earlier?
Southerners are in high demand among men, including those of "non-southern" origin. Dark skin, thick dark hair, big black or brown eyes literally drive the stronger sex crazy.
Unfortunately, there is a downside to early female maturity. It is widely believed that southerners age earlier. After 25 years, wrinkles begin to erupt in hair-eyed beauties.
In addition, southern women are often prone to excessive hair growth. If in youth the light antennae above the upper lip look pretty cute, then over the years they thicken, and even epilation products can hardly cope with this problem.
By the age of 40, some southerners have already finished their reproductive period and outwardly they turn into old women. True, everything depends on the specific conditions of life. If a woman lives in a rural area, she has a house, a family, she gives birth to a lot, then old age comes earlier.
If a woman lives in a city, studies, works, takes care of herself, then she can maintain a youthful appearance for a long time. Yes, do not forget that the sun spoils the skin, and residents of southern villages have to spend a lot of time in the sun doing housework.
Meanwhile, southerners often live much longer than northerners - such is their genetics.
So the fact of the early maturation of southern women is absolutely true. But the fact of their early aging cannot yet be called an indisputable truth. Everything is relative.
