Reasonable suspicion does not apply if a person simply refuses to answer questions or is of a certain ethnicity or race. If a person is suspected of committing a violent crime, such as robbery or murder, the police officer may frisk the suspect's clothing to check for weapons.
Middle age technically refers to reaching an age where you have lived half the average life expectancy for your gender. The average midpoint of life is now about 40 for women and 38 for men (men tend to die 6 to 8 years before women). In comparison, 100 years ago women arrived at middle age by 22, mainly because so many died in childbirth.
Living in a Sea of Chemicals. In girls, puberty is commonly defined as breast development, growth of pubic hair and menarche, the beginning of the menstrual cycle. At the turn of the 20th century, the average age for an American girl to get her period was 16 to 17. Today, that number has plummeted to less than 13, according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.