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Re: The only thing meaningless is your drivel

Posted by qtns2di4 on 2010-December-16 02:13:31 EST, Thursday
In reply to Re: The only thing meaningless is your drivel posted by Lateralus on 2010-December-15 18:12:08 EST, Wednesday
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Nowhere did I mention girls whose bodies had not yet reached full maturity;

You didn't have to. It is implied in the very concept of a 12- or 13-yr-old, which was what this was initially about, remember? The supposed age of Mary when she gave birth to Jesus? You suggested it was common for girls this age to marry.

Most 12-13 year old girls are fertile. No conflict between you two.

My statement was that late marriages and teenaged celibacy are conceits that only a relatively advanced society can afford. If you think that teenagers are not physically mature enough to bear children, I suggest that you consult a doctor for a professional opinion.

Yes, you keep saying that, but I just don't see any overwhelming evidence for it. As for teens being mature enough to bear children, I could consult a doctor, but since I already made the point that we are talking about a time period prior to modern medicine, his authority on the matter would not apply here.

The only overwhelming evidence that late breeding is a luxury is that the average age of first child (for BOTH genders) rises steeply with income. The less that children are a source of income and more they are a source of expense, the more you delay them; family units are not THAT stupid. The USA is the only partial exception in the whole of human history.

As for modern medicine not applying, everyone agrees that humans are "anatomically and genetically modern" at least for the last 40 thousand years, and most think even earlier. So modern medicine very much applies.



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