I’m not asking this from a biology lens, I get that aspect, but more from the sociology/anthropology lens. My question is which culture started using 18 as this hard cutoff, when, and under what reasoning.
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In the USA it wasn’t always 18. It was 21 years of age until the 26th amendment lowered it to 18 years of age.
The attempt to lower it started in Works War I when people were being drafted to fight but unable to vote on matter of government.
https://www.history.com/topics/united-states-constitution/the-26th-amendment
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