We might think so, based on news stories arguing that girls are suffering an alarming fate.
Early puberty is said to be coming at ever-younger ages.
Sex, likewise, doesn't have to be about adultery or topless bars. Usually, hot cover stories, allowing high-minded yet salacious media attention. Apparently puberty is suddenly a source of peril. Inferences are invited if they are not explicitly stated. Something must be wrong with adolescent girls, it seems, and medical journals appear to agree.