Thats not a lived experience they are pointing at though. Its a a fear based on the focus on youthful beauty instead of seeing the beauty in every age.
Society does this to us and enforces it at every turn.
It wants you to think there is no path to loving how you look past youth and thats just not true.
Most trans people transition as adults because we wont let kids be their true selves.
Yes trans folks first puberty was wrong but its not unworkable at 20, 30,40, or even 80.
Fun times that my friend had it so bad she was in bed for a couple of days in pain with her periods and this is what we get instead of studying a cure.
You've never been to a Japanese manga store if you think this. Its so sad how small the yuri sections are compared to the sea of BL