Girls Puberty

A look at nascent female sexuality in french film through psychological waters.

Films:

À ma sœur ! , Catherine Breillat, (Tartan, 2002).

Heavenly Creatures, Peter Jackson, (Touchstone, 1996).

H20, Ralph Steiner, (1929).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4muinY8Q9M (Accessed: 5th May 2014).

Innocence, Lucile Hadzihalilovic,(Artificial Eye, 2004).

La Vie d’Adèle, Abdellatif Kechiche, (2013)

Les Quatre Cents Coups, François Truffaut, (Tartan, 2002).

Naissance des pieuvres, Céline Sciamma, (Slingshot Studios, 2008).

Pauline, Céline Sciamma, (2009)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUHyJjiouUw (Accessed: 5th May 2014).

Sex is Comedy, Catherine Breillat (Artificial Eye, 2002).

Tomboy, Céline Sciamma, (2011).

Objectifs : Les objectifs de cette étude sont (1) de quantifier le lien entre la minéralisation dentaire et la ménarche et (2) d’évaluer la possibilité d’estimer l’âge moyen à la ménarche à partir des stades de minéralisation des dents permanentes. Matériel : L’échantillon utilisé comprend 86 jeunes filles âgées de 7 à 17 ans (âge moyen 12,06 ± 1,99 ans). Une à quatre panoramiques dentaires ont été collectées par jeune fille ce qui représente un total de 161 radiographies. Celles-ci proviennent de cabinets d’orthodontie du Sud-Ouest de la France et ont été réalisées entre 2005 et 2013. Résultats : En utilisant le rapport de corrélation, les arbres de régression et de décision, l’inférence bayésienne, et malgré les résultats obtenus par les précédentes études, il apparait que la minéralisation dentaire est corrélée à la ménarche dans le présent échantillon. Jusqu’au stade F (d’après la définition de Demirjian et al., 1973) des prémolaires, les filles appartiennent au groupe ante-ménarche ; alors qu’après le stade G des prémolaires, elles correspondent au groupe post-ménarche. Jusqu’au stade R3/4 (selon la définition de Moorrees et al., 1963) des prémolaires, les filles appartiennent au groupe ante-ménarche ; alors qu’à partir du stade Rc des prémolaires, elles correspondent au groupe post-ménarche. Nous avons également défini les séquences de minéralisation les plus probablement attribuées au groupe peri-ménarche pour estimer l’âge moyen à la ménarche dans notre échantillon. Cette méthode n’a pas la précision et la fiabilité nécessaires aux études cliniques mais, si sa fiabilité est évaluée, elle pourrait être utile dans le champ de l’archéo-anthropologie et de la paléodémographie. Parallèlement, nous avons défini un protocole de détermination du statut des jeunes filles, individuellement, quant à la ménarche. Cette application du lien entre minéralisation dentaire et ménarche semble fiable et permettra de savoir si la ménarche influence la représentation socio-culturelle des filles en archéo-anthropologie.

Aims: The aims of this study are (1) to measure the correlation between dental mineralization and menarche, and (2) to evaluate the assessment of mean age of menarche by dental mineralization stages. Material: Sample used fo this study represent 86 girls aged between 7 and 17 years (mean age 12.06 ± 1.99 years). For each girl, one to four panoramic radiographs were collected representing a total of 161 radiographs. Girls were examined in private practices in the South West of France between 2005 and 2013. Results: Using correlation ratio, regression and classification trees, bayesian inference and despite the results found in previous studies, it appears that the process of dental mineralization is correlated to menarche in our sample. Until premolars stage F (defined by Demirjian’s et al., 1973), girls belong to ante-menarche group; after premolars stage G, girls belong to post-menarche group. Until premolars stage R3/4 (defined by Moorrees et al., 1963), girls belong to ante-menarche group; after premolars stage Rc, girls belong to post-menarche group. We also define which mineralization sequences are the most probably attributed to peri-menarche group in order to estimate mean age of menarche in our sample. This method cannot provide the accuracy and reliability needed for clinical studies whereas, if its reliability is testing, it may be useful in bioarchaeology and paleodemography. Moreover, we define a protocol to determine girls’ status regarding menarche. This application on the link between dental mineralization and menarche seems to be reliable and may be interesting in bioarcheology to know if menarche influence the representation of girls in social and cultural terms.

Adolescence is a period of life determinants. How could adolescence called like that? That's because in adolescence, they will find their identity. Identity is not found easily, it all requires a process, needs to be guidance, direction and time. One part of the identity of teenagers that lifestyle and personal appearance. Among all teens, the most affected are young women. Since the first time they puberty, they will begin to care about their appearance and change their lifestyle, such as those about which he thought was right. In contrast to the young men who are less concerned about it. Lifestyle now it's too unhealthy for teenagers, as well as the appearance began to imitate the western culture ultimately make parents and educators need conduct guidance and more intense supervision of the teenagers, especially teenage girls.

The vision quest and the moon lodge are rites which have allowed tens of thousands of people throughout the world to find a reason for being and new motivation to their lives. La quête de vision et la loge de lune sont des rites qui ont permis à des dizaines de milliers de personnes de par le monde de trouver un sens et un nouvel élan à leur vie.

As far as myth and ritual are concerned, we have only recently wit- nessed a hermeneutical shift from R. Merkelbach’s allegorizing view of the novel as a mystery text to the paradigm of initiation where young people experience the rite of passage to adulthood. On the basis of a new bio-ritual, psycho-anthropolo- gical model, it will be argued that the ancient novels, which are built on tradi- tional wondertales, focus upon, rework, revolve around and help to overcome the central crisis of puberty, very often from the vantage point of the girl.
The change of focus will be explored through Apuleius’ Golden Ass, a rather atypical novel that, due to Lucius’ initiation into the secret rites of Isis in Book 11, has served as the model for mystery interpretation until now. However, despite all the differences from the ideal romances, Apuleius, too, deals with the crucial threshold of adolescence. It will be shown that Lucius, the young protagonist, acts out his male obsessions with love and sexuality, while the narration is similar to a dream sequence on the level of a fairy-tale folk structure. Furthermore, the ‘girl’s tragedy’ coming of age is also debated through the medium of the ass: within the texture of the narrative the sexual nightmare is particularly high- lighted in Charite’s drama, which is again refracted in the inlay tale of Cupid and Psyche.

Age at menarche is a frequently used indicator to study growth and development. The development of hand and wrist indicates the peak height velocity which appears about two years before menarche. Bone development is linked with dental mineralization but the relationship between tooth maturation and sexual maturity has not been demonstrated yet (Lewis & Garn 1960, Garn et al. 1965, Demirjian 1985). Proving that a link exists between these indicators would be interesting to study trends of development rhythm from menarche: easy to collect and to encode, panoramic radiographs could be a new way to know menarche status in large samples.
Our sample consists in 176 panoramic radiographs of French girls from 7 to 17 years old, with known menarche status. Dental mineralization was encoded with Demirjian et al. 1973 and Moorrees et al. 1963 methods.
Despite previous studies results, statistical tools (correlation ratios, regression and classification trees, Bayes’ theorem) show that premolars mineralization is correlated with menarche. We have created computer programs based on the implementation bayesian inference results with premolars: (1) to estimate mean age of menarche in a population sample; (2) to assign menarche status (ante or post). Mean age of menarche estimation is based on seven mandibular tooth stages: program calculates mean dental age of girls selected to be peri-menarche thanks to their premolars tooth stages. Menarche status assignation requires premolars tooth stages only.
Further studies are planned to get the accuracy needed in clinical studies and to test our computer programs in a meta-population sample.

Kinship refers to the system by which a given culture defines, determines and recognizes family roles, interactions and relationships. Anthropologist Robin Fox states that "the study of kinship is the study of what man does with the basic facts of life – mating, gestation, parenthood, socialization, siblingship etc." Human society is unique, he argues, in that we are "working with the same raw material as exists in the animal world, but we can conceptualize and categorize it to serve social ends. These social ends include the socialization of children and the formation of basic economic, political and religious groups.
We all know that the relationship between children and parents are very beautiful but what when we often see, if not generalizing, that there is a hesitation and communication gap between them at a particular phase of life. That phase we call as the puberty period. Now let’s talk about puberty. What is the first thing that comes into our minds when we say puberty? Well, sex is the most common thought that pops out from the head of many people. But there is much more than sex to puberty. Puberty is a very unique and important evolving stage of all males and females.
Puberty happens to everybody, but it doesn’t happen to everybody at the same time. Puberty is the time between childhood and adulthood when girls and boys become mature physically and sexually. Puberty is one of the most important life transitions. At no other time are there such significant and rapid transformations in biology, social and psychological development. Puberty is also the start of adolescence, which is a longer period of emotional change. Here in my research paper I am going to deal with psychological, biological and social affect of puberty to a teenager. The various aspects of puberty, body image, aggression, sexual abuse, opposite sex relationships and the psychopathology of puberty and finally, how the family members respond to their child on their various mental and physical transformations. Also, I will try to put some light on the Puberty Rituals performed in our country.

Remaja putri dengan disabilitas intelektual (DI) mengalami pubertas seperti remaja pada umumnya. Namun, mereka kesulitan merespon perubahan dalam pubertas karena hambatan intelektual dan kemampuan adaptif, sehingga rentan mengalami kekerasan seksual. Penelitian bertujuan menggali pengetahuan remaja putri dengan DI ringan dalam menghadapi masa pubertas melalui wawancara telepon pada tiga remaja putri dengan DI ringan berusia kronologis 10-16 tahun, serta ibu dan guru dari tiga partisipan. Data dianalisis menggunakan analisis tematik. Triangulasi dilakukan untuk memenuhi keabsahan data. Ditemukan bahwa partisipan memiliki pengetahuan dasar terkait perubahan tubuh, menstruasi, serta bagaimana memproteksi diri dalam relasi dengan laki-laki. Namun, pengetahuan tersebut belum lengkap, sehingga ada sikap negatif yang ditunjukkan. Partisipan juga kesulitan melakukan beberapa kegiatan bantu diri di masa pubertas. Mereka memiliki pengetahuan praktis dan prosedural, namun keterampilan mereka belum cukup berkembang. Penelitian berikutnya dapat menyusun intervensi bagi peningkatan pengetahuan dan keterampilan remaja putri dengan DI ringan dalam menghadapi perubahan di masa pubertas.

It could be argued that common conceptions of dancers being malnourished, un-derweight and prone to eating disorders, flourish in the minds of many. It could also be argued that female dancers especially - and particularly female ballet dancers - often are at the centre of these conceptions.
Through extensive research on the subject I have found that there may be much truth to these conceptions. With the help of various studies, personal accounts of currently active and retired dancers, and the views of people closely involved with dance I will try to discuss the truth to the claims; the reasons behind this seem-ingly distorted reality in parts of the dance world; and most importantly what measures can be/are being taken to prevent this reality.

The detailed analysis of the spatio-temporal relationship in the novel of Xenophon of Ephesos has shown that space is necessary as a projection area for longing. Love as the discourse of absence is externalized in its constitutive lack and unfolds as space, which in turn releases more space for fiction. The associative floating between language and space makes the novel a journey. However, this is no trip to learn about oneself in encounters with the foreign, but rather an inner metaphorical wandering that thematizes the liminal crisis of marriage as a rite of passage for young men on the threshold of adulthood. [81] The spatial and temporal dimension is no longer, as with Bakhtin, disparaged in a negative sense, but rather we have determined the chronotope and the adventure in relation to love which is constitutive for the genre. Space is not only abstract, but also specific places enrich the story with meaning. Xenophon’s alleged shortcomings of composition and style have proved to be a conscious form of the adequate transposition of erotic discourse. The search for signs and the signified hidden behind them is less an expression of a meaningless world than the expression of Eros as a disease that decentralizes the self. Space proves to be dream, and both determine the extension and the form of (auto)fiction in their interdependence with time.

revised English version of the German original “Räume im Anderen und der griechische Liebesroman des Xenophon von Ephesos”, now with new appendices and additional material

Menarche, or the arrival of the first period, has always been a marker of adult development for girls. It signifies a body preparing for its reproductive role and entry into adult life. It is often surrounded by confusion and shame and can lead to anxiety and eating disorders. In the seventeenth century in England, menarche was approached with trepidation by families and physicians alike. In Renaissance tradition, the stages of life were measured in seven-year stretches, which, for girls, meant that fourteen became the symbolic age for the onset of menstruation. The menstrual blood itself signaled the arrival of sexual desire, thus defining the end of childhood innocence and entry into female embodiment and sexual awareness. It was a precarious age for girls. Renaissance physicians feared the onset of disease, such as ‘‘green sickness,’’ and the Protestant church preached of the dangers to the soul with the arrival of sexual temptation. The concept of menstrual blood as unclean and defiled as
defined in the Bible gained public traction with the publication of English translations, followed by the demonization of women’s ‘‘menstruous’’ clouts (pads), as seventeenth-century English preachers increasingly turned to this simile for sinfulness. How did young pious girls respond to this biblical interpretation of menstruation as a
source of evil? Three case studies of girls suffering from what could be termed religious anorexia show that it is possible to identify menstruation as the driving fear behind their selfstarvation, the religiously acceptable means of causing menstruation to cease. Residual echoes of this Protestant fear of menstruation, expressed in the term ‘‘the curse,’’ may lie at the core of some eating disorders today.

The article concerns the experience of Wayãpi women in the commune of Camopi, in French Guiana, and deals specifically with the behavioral prescriptions and treatments that frame the moment of their first period. The bodies of young girls are then considered to be particularly sensitive to attacks from malicious entities. The ritual of descending from the hammock organized at the end of the confinement of the first period constitutes a parallel moment of reproduction, because the women of previous generations organize it in order to transmit to young girls physical and mental capacities such as motivation at work and resistance to pain. However, our Wayãpi interlocutors highlight the equivalence between the ritual of the first menstruation for women and that of the birth of the first child for men, thus showing that the main capacities expected of adults are the same, whatever their gender.

Este artigo visa mostrar algumas relações que os Ticuna estabelecem entre " corpo " e " território ". Para tanto, parto da noção de na'ane, que podemos traduzir aproximadamente como cosmo/mundo/terra/roça. Este termo evoca ainda noções de tempo, mas principalmente mantém uma relação com o corpo ticuna, em especial, o corpo em formação. Tudo leva a crer que a cosmogonia ticuna remonta as fases de amadurecimento sexual dos corpos nos mitos e isso é reproduzido nos corpos das pessoas. O foco deste artigo serão as relações do chamado mundo ainda " verde " (do'ü) com o corpo das moças que passam pelo ritual de iniciação feminina, a Festa da Moça Nova. Nestas relações entre o corpo e o cosmo, alguns temas vêm à tona, como o incesto, o sangue, os cabelos, as periodicidades astronômicas e dos corpos das moças.

Remaja putri dengan disabilitas intelektual (DI) mengalami pubertas seperti remaja pada umumnya. Namun, mereka kesulitan merespon perubahan dalam pubertas karena hambatan intelektual dan kemampuan adaptif, sehingga rentan mengalami kekerasan seksual. Penelitian bertujuan menggali pengetahuan remaja putri dengan DI ringan dalam menghadapi masa pubertas melalui wawancara telepon pada tiga remaja putri dengan DI ringan berusia kronologis 10-16 tahun, serta ibu dan guru dari tiga partisipan. Data dianalisis menggunakan analisis tematik. Triangulasi dilakukan untuk memenuhi keabsahan data. Ditemukan bahwa partisipan memiliki pengetahuan dasar terkait perubahan tubuh, menstruasi, serta bagaimana memproteksi diri dalam relasi dengan laki-laki. Namun, pengetahuan tersebut belum lengkap, sehingga ada sikap negatif yang ditunjukkan. Partisipan juga kesulitan melakukan beberapa kegiatan bantu diri di masa pubertas. Mereka memiliki pengetahuan praktis dan prosedural, namun keterampilan mereka b...

Chlorosis was a disease that emerged around 1700 and continued into the nineteenth century: greensickness was something very similar but flourished in the sixteenth century. Both disorders were thought to affect predominantly young girls at puberty - although eventually 'late chlorosis' and even 'male chlorosis' came into being. What I am showing here is how, under the label 'disease of virgins', the combination of symptoms was based on a classical Greek text associated with Hippocrates. What happened was that this text was filtered through ideas about the body associated with the later doctor, Galen, and also read into specific manuscripts that slanted the symptoms in a certain way. As a result of this, the disease picture that emerged was very different from the original Hippocratic text. As ideas about disease causation continued to change, this disease of young girls was attributed to different aspects of the body and organ systems - the stomach, the bowels, the emotions, the heart - but I explore the continuities as well as the shifts in this mysterious diagnosis.