temporary spider writ:
>Just to clarify from the outset, 'secondary sex
characteristics'
>is a phrase used by researchers to describe
attributes that
>develop in adolescence and signal sexual maturity (in
a physical
>sense, not an emotional one). I believe they're
called
>secondary because they develop later in life (a
second stage of
>development, as it were). I was in no way insinuating
in my
>earlier post that females were secondary.
>
Tht old acronym, derived from They Is Totally Secondary, may
be of help to clear up any misunderstandings here ;-)
ED
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