I made this post and I have no idea why this got to homepage. you saw a tree once, amirite? The only reason I made it was because another post said "Being 16 and pregnant isn't so bad, it's life experiance"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Our bodies are meant for that. Because humans have delayed death like we have with all the medical equipment and whatnot, society decided being 16 and pregnant as "too young." If humans hadn't advanced so much and we still all died at 30 it would be acceptable.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

This. Although it's strange, it's NATURAL to sexually develop and for your body to want you to have sex at around 16 (varies from person to person).

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It is, our bodies are ready for the most part, but we're not as primitive and also we're kind more... idk psychological? People think the kid will end up fucked up because mentally, the person isn't ready for the kid. And It's weird to have a kid within the first oh idk 1/13 of your life. (I made that up. 100 years seems like a long life so instead of 1/16 I knocked it down a little)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

This exactly. It many cultures, a girl was married a few months after her first period, as that was a sign that she was now able to carry children, and was therefore a woman. However, now that people have longer lives, and more children survive (you were expected to have more kids than you wanted back then, as a few were expected to die) and women's lives aren't completely about reproduction, we now know that although a female may have a body ready for childbirth, that doesn't mean she's ready mentally, psychologically, socially, financially, etc.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

1800's MTV show: 25 and still a virgin.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think it's because if you kinda take into account the lifespan increase, 16 now is younger than 16 was a long time ago. Like if the lifespan is 100, then 16 would be only 16% of your life, which is quite young. If the lifespan was 50, then 16 would be 32% of your life, and 16% of your life would be only 8, which of course is too young to have a kid. Does that make sense?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I thought that was implyed with "it was normal back when people had shorter life spans"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, I know. I was just saying that that's the reason its not normal now, though I suppose people already know that.

by Anonymous 12 years ago