harm to oneself
These days and even a lot back then, girls and women harm themselves because they are not good enough for others. A lot of girls and women are down on themselves because they do not know who they really are, so they put a lot of pressure on themselves. Pressure can cause stress and self harm like cutting or the start to depression. It is mainly based on social media and how standards are set for women and girls. Standards specifically, and the fact that men are and will always be better than men. So, women strive to be perfect and in the process they realize how hard it will be to be that perfect woman, so their solution is to hurt themselves. Today is more important because technology is advancing and we can't find who we really are. We are either our real selves or something that social media made out of us.
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I agree about the pressures that media has created to make these unreachable standards. Often times in social media, I find myself comparing myself to others. But I remember that I am a completely different person from them and it shouldn't matter what other people think of me. But not a lot of girls realize this. Because of social media and the expectations to be skinny, have a big butt, be pretty and not eat causes girls to become depressed and self harm themselves.
ReplyDeletei agree with your ideas. i think ever since social media has been more prevalent in our daily lives, the more insecure we feel. there has been a lot of assumptions made about the negative effects of social median teens, but i feel like insecurity increase is definitely one of them. we have grown to use social media as a coping mechanism for the pain that is caused by that same media.
ReplyDeleteHi, it's really Jack Galvez because his blog comments don't work. "I agree with everything that you stated. Ever since there was a boom in social media, we have been so attracted to it which has caused many to go down a darker path in life. There are some positive aspects of social media, but a lot of negative ones come with it like insecurity and not showing your true self so you can "please" others. It's just a crazy idea all around I guess."
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