Girlhood is the age of...

Girlhood is the age of knowing and not knowing.  I suppose a clearer, one word way of putting this, would be puberty.  Both boys and girls go through this phase yes, but I think the way it affects girls is much great than boys.  For girls it's the time when we know what we our bodies are going to look like (for the next 20 years or so at least).  The awkward limbs, chubby cheeks, and pimply face are on their way out and beauty is coming in.  Beauty for some might not be what they hoped, but in this phase we are often our harshest critics.