[Various biosociological aspects of women during childhood]

Several biosociocultural characteristics that define the woman's form of evolution during her first stages of growth and uterine development are analyzed. In order to outstand these features, a comparison is established between the events that take place in the woman and those that occur in men. For instance, the apparent immunologic deviation in the female sex and the greater incidence of certain congenital anomalies and metabolic diseases in man. On the other hand, the somatic differences are stressed, apparently as a result of metabolic peculiarities of one or the other sex, together with the unique behavior of women from a very early age in life. Finally, the behavior of the Mexican before the birth of a female is outlined in this statement, the series of sociocultural restrictions confronting women from the initial stages of her growth and development are pointed out.