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[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 39 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My understanding was that the best time for women to have children was between 20-30 years old, not 18-20.

From what I've read, 20-30 is when women have most of their eggs at the best quality, and have the lowest health risk in pregnancy.

Where does the 18-20 come from? Like I guess you're most fertile at 20 but that's the only metric I can see thats best at 20. Hell, a lot of sources even say you have the best chance of natural conception in your late 20s.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

It comes from men being attracted to teenagers and wanting to justify the attraction.

There’s at least one man in this very thread defending this. That men arent predatory to impregnate teenagers because that’s when women are most fertile/have the healthiest babies.

[–] Banana@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

Ugh that's so fucking gross and literally not factual.

Any man interested in teens is 100% predatory and no amount of pseudoscience is gonna make up for the fact that

A) teens' bodies are not equipped to carry a baby without complications

B) teens are not mentally equipped to be parents

C) they only like teens because they're predators and teens are the only ones naive enough to fall for their shitty manipulation tactics.

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

teenagers

English isn't my first language nor am I from Western country, so a question: 18 and 19 are also teenagers?

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, “eighteen” and “nineteen”

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world -2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They're considered "teens" both linguistically and culturally?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Culturally they're in a transitory stage. Legally adults, but they're new to it and it's frowned upon to sexually pursue them if you're much older because they're new to adulthood

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yes. 18 year olds are technically adults in the US, but that doesn’t mean their bodies can support and birth babies as well as when they’re older.

[–] Viceversa@lemmy.world -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

that doesn’t mean their bodies can support and birth babies as well as when they’re older

I think they are restricted in that regard biologically way less than psychologically.

[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Teenager's brains aren't fully developed yet, either.

Both mothers and babies have worse outcomes overall when the mothers are teenagers. It's more dangerous.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

From thirteen to nineteen they are teenagers.