It also plays a permissive role in female puberty, which usually will not proceed until an adequate body mass has been achieved.

T. Ray hated female puberty worse than anything.

As female puberty progresses, the ovaries and peripheral tissues become more important sources of androgens.

Any female past puberty was barred from even talking to men unless they were blood relatives.

From both social and medical perspectives, it is often considered the central event of female puberty, as it signals the possibility of fertility.

Mdundiko dances are associated with weddings and the rites of passage celebrating female puberty.

Perhaps even more important, hard gymnastics training has been cited by sports medicine experts as delaying the arrival of female puberty.

If American movies tend to present coming of age primarily through young male protagonists, French films devote more attention to female puberty.

The Long Secret deals fairly honestly with female puberty; the main characters are pre-teen girls who discuss how their changing bodies feel.

In this article, we'll learn about female puberty and the changes it creates in a girl's body.