Comment on Can I still consider myself a “young woman” after I turn 24? I turn 24 in March (next month).

• Flagstaff@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  So let’s have your better definition. Remember we’re talking about young adults, not literal young like kids.

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  • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I dunno, to be honest. But for me, reproductive changes are a consequence of age, not the other way around. No single factor feels like it in itself is a sensible definition.

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    • Flagstaff@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      But when people say, “You’re not young any more,” it’s usually a reference to the biological clock. At least, to me the science strongly suggests that the cutoff is age 35: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_and_female_fertility

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      • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Not my experience, but that might depend on the people one interacts with. I’d also say that coupling being young to such a gendered parameter is questionable. When does someone who’s biologically male stop being young? What about people who can’t reproduce?

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