女孩男孩过早的青春期发育,祸从何来?
<p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="late">late</span> 1980<span word="s">s</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="Marcia">Marcia</span> <span word="Herman">Herman</span>-<span word="Giddens">Giddens</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="working">working</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="paediatric">paediatric</span> <span word="clinic">clinic</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Duke">Duke</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="Medical">Medical</span> <span word="Centre">Centre</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="Carolina">Carolina</span> <span word="she">she</span> <span word="noticed">noticed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="puzzling">puzzling</span> <span word="phenomenon">phenomenon</span>. <span word="More">More</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="aged">aged</span> <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="nine">nine</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="visited">visited</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="clinic">clinic</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sprout">sprout</span> <span word="breasts">breasts</span>. <span word="At">At</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="medical">medical</span> <span word="orthodoxy">orthodoxy</span> <span word="held">held</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="puberty">puberty</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="west">west</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="over">over</span> 11. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="under">under</span>-10<span word="s">s</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="Herman">Herman</span>-<span word="Giddens">Giddens</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="seeing">seeing</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="fit">fit</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="scenario">scenario</span>. <span word="She">She</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="collecting">collecting</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="eventually">eventually</span> <span word="produced">produced</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="Academy">Academy</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Pediatrics">Pediatrics</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="studied">studied</span> 17,000 <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="average">average</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="breast">breast</span>-<span word="budding">budding</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="was">was</span> 9.9 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="black">black</span> <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> 8.8.</p><p>20世纪80年代末，马西娅•赫尔曼-吉登斯在卡罗莱纳州北部的杜克大学医学中心的儿科诊所工作时，她发现了一个令人费解的现象。越来越多来诊所的八九岁女孩已开始出现乳房。当时，医学正统界认为西部女孩的青春期平均年龄在11岁以上。赫尔曼-吉登斯看到的众多十岁以下的女孩并不符合这种情况。她开始收集数据，在研究17000名女孩之后最终与美国儿科学会得出了结论，发现白人女孩胸部发育的平均年龄为9.9岁，而黑人女孩为8.8岁。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="discovery">discovery</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="hugely">hugely</span> <span word="controversial">controversial</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="doctors">doctors</span> <span word="refused">refused</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="accept">accept</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fact">fact</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="begun">begun</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="mature">mature</span> <span word="sexually">sexually</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="age">age</span> <span word="of">of</span> 10. "<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Lolita">Lolita</span> <span word="syndrome">syndrome</span> [<span word="the">the</span> <span word="prurient">prurient</span> <span word="fascination">fascination</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="sexuality">sexuality</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="young">young</span> <span word="girls">girls</span>] <span word="created">created</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="emotional">emotional</span> <span word="interest">interest</span>," <span word="recalls">recalls</span> <span word="Herman">Herman</span>-<span word="Giddens">Giddens</span>, <span word="now">now</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="North">North</span> <span word="Carolina">Carolina</span>. "<span word="As">As</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="feminist">feminist</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="wish">wish</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="didn">didn</span>'<span word="t">t</span>."</p>
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