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Pressure to be Super Girls
December 26, 2006
As we grow old . . . the beauty steals inward.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
Girls Inc. recently commissioned a study by Harris Interactive of more than 2,000 girls and boys in grades 3-12. Among the key findings reported in Work & Family Life (December 2006; [email protected])...
- Girls and boys face different stereotypes: 84% of girls and 87% of boys said that girls are "supposed to be kind and caring," while 88% of girls and 94% of boys said boys are "supposed to be able to protect themselves."
- Girls feel pressure to be thin and dress right: 74% of girls also said they felt a lot of pressure to "please everyone," and 84% said they dislike that this is true.
- Support systems bolster resilience: yet 20% of high school girls surveyed said they do not know who to turn to if they have a problem.
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It's great reading synopses of articles that you pass on, but it would be beneficial to have the website address, not the email address, so a reader can view the whole article/research.
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