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Puberty that starts before eight years in girls and nine years in boys is considered to be precocious puberty.
Puberty that starts before eight years in girls and nine years in boys is considered to be precocious puberty.
==Onset of sexual function==
==Onset of sexual function==
Menstruation usually occurs at about 12.5 years of age, while first ejaculation usually occurs at about 13 years of age.
Menstruation usually occurs at about 12.5 years of age, while first [[ejaculation]] usually occurs at about 13 years of age.


If a boy's [[foreskin]] has not become retractable prior to puberty, then it will almost certainly become retractable during puberty.<ref name="Øster1968">{{OesterJ 1968}}</ref> <ref name="kayaba1996">{{REFjournal
If a [[foreskinned]] boy's [[foreskin]] has not become retractable prior to puberty, then it will almost certainly become retractable during puberty.<ref name="Øster1968">{{OesterJ 1968}}</ref> <ref name="kayaba1996">{{REFjournal
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* {{URLwikipedia|Puberty|Puberty}}
* {{URLwikipedia|Puberty|Puberty}}
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[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Foreskin anatomy]]
[[Category:Foreskinned life]]
[[Category:Male sexuality]]
[[Category:Physiology]]
[[Category:Teen]]