TikTok Hey fellow Millennials: do y’all remember sex ed? Specifically, the sex ed we got around fifth grade, where the boys went to one room, the girls went to another, and we all learned about puberty. Well. Some of us learned about puberty as a general concept. The girls. A lot of the boys didn’t...
Goodboy Picture Company/E+/Getty Images Ask any woman who was the first to get boobs in her class (*raises hand*) and she’ll probably tell you it doesn’t rank among her favorite life experiences. Precocious puberty, a.k.a. showing signs of puberty before 8 for girls and 9 for boys, is not a common condition, but it can...
karetoria/Moment/Getty Images All we wanted was to help the environment. Menstrual solutions have come a long way from our grandmothers’ sanitary belts and our mothers’ industrial strength cardboard tampon applicators. And as time has gone on, we’ve come up with a number of products that are both comfortable and reusable, so they’re good for both...
IndiaPix/IndiaPicture/IndiaPicture/Getty Images Getting a period is a social and developmental milestone that many American girls are reaching earlier than their mothers and grandmothers. About six months earlier on average, according to one 2024 study. Researchers, parents, and doctors, reasonably, want to understand why this is happening, and one commonly reached conclusion is higher obesity levels...