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08-31-2016, 06:53 PM
A record number of girls are unhappy with their appearance and life overall
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LONDON — An estimated 700,000 girls aged 10 to 15 feel unhappy about their appearance and one-in-seven girls are **t content with their lives overall, a new UK report has revealed.
SEE ALSO: Teen boys are 'abusing' girls online. But how do we talk about it? (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/teenage-boy-online-behaviour/)
According to (https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/embargo_good-childhood-report-2016_summary_watermark.pdf) The Good Childhood Report 2016, published by the Children's Society, girls are "less happy than they used to be" about their appearance and a gender gap is also emerging on how young people perceive themselves.*
More than one-third of girls in the UK are unhappy with the way they look — a 30 percent rise over five years. However, the proportion of boys of the same age who are unhappy with their appearance has remained the same, at 20 percent.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/girls-unhappiness-report/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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LONDON — An estimated 700,000 girls aged 10 to 15 feel unhappy about their appearance and one-in-seven girls are **t content with their lives overall, a new UK report has revealed.
SEE ALSO: Teen boys are 'abusing' girls online. But how do we talk about it? (http://mashable.com/2016/08/22/teenage-boy-online-behaviour/)
According to (https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/sites/default/files/embargo_good-childhood-report-2016_summary_watermark.pdf) The Good Childhood Report 2016, published by the Children's Society, girls are "less happy than they used to be" about their appearance and a gender gap is also emerging on how young people perceive themselves.*
More than one-third of girls in the UK are unhappy with the way they look — a 30 percent rise over five years. However, the proportion of boys of the same age who are unhappy with their appearance has remained the same, at 20 percent.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/girls-unhappiness-report/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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