RE: What the hell is going on with American girls?
November 22, 2017 at 6:44 pm
(This post was last modified: November 22, 2017 at 6:45 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(November 22, 2017 at 6:21 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Apparently female self inflicted injury, age 10 to 24, was relatively stable prior to 2008 and is now dramatically on the rise. The rates did not significantly change for males.
Can it be the bust around that time? Seems like that would effect male and females alike. And that has been corrected.
What else changed? I'm at a loss. But then I'm far removed from that group.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/ar...ct/2664031
I can tell you exactly what it is. The rise of social media. Girls specifically are put in a lot more pressure to present a perfect image of themselves and compare themselves to other girls. And with young people constantly on their social media accounts, there's just no break from the self judgement, pressure, and comparisons. It's constant and its not just Facebook. It's twitter, instragram, snap chat, periscope, etc.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
