When a girl is born she is already met with a stereotype.
Family members make “harmless” remarks about her without her even having a comprehension of beauty.
When a toddler is chubby she is “cute”
But if she is too skinny she “needs to eat more”
As she grows up being chubby “isn’t cute anymore”
If she grows up continually being thin, then “she is sick”
As she enters middle school she will learn what boys really want.
He wants a “Big bust” or a “Big chest” but God forbid you have a belly or you’d be too fat for them regardless.
She would be seen as “too fat” or “way too thin.”
A recent report by NOW (National Organization for Women) cites studies that “at age thirteen, 53% of American girls are “unhappy with their bodies. This grows to 78% by the time girls reach seventeen.”
This will show up as girls who start to question themselves in the mirror thinking “Why isn’t my body like the other girls?”
While the other girls are thinking “Why isn’t my body like hers?”
A never-ending cycle begins until she finds out her true worth which is more than her family might see her as.
And even more than what the boys will see her as.
But that confidence doesn’t click for some girls.
Society has put an overwhelming pressure on girls’ bodies.
Whether they are thick or thin, nobody seems satisfied with how women’s bodies look.
If a girl has a thicker body, society puts pressure on her.
If a girl is very skinny, society puts pressure on her for being too thin.
If a girl is in the middle of being thick or thin, society puts pressure on her for being an uncommon size.
But, if a girl has a “movie-perfect body” with the “right looking” size, she would be seen as seeking attention.
Bodies of women aren’t made to be a perfect size for other people, rather than being a size that she is confident in.
Why is there pressure put on women as soon as they come into this world to have a “Perfect body”?
There is absolutely too much pressure for that “Perfect Body”
Social Media models have taken over people’s preferences which adds to the pressure that has been on women since the dawn of time.
As a young girl or boy scrolls on an app and sees an unrealistic, highly edited video or picture of a model it alters the brain frequency into thinking this is how a woman should actually look.
There is not a lot of women who show how they look realistically on a day-to-day basis.
No bloating after they eat and a seemingly slim figure at all times.
Many social media influencers won’t show their true bodies to keep up with the social standards to look like a botched doll.
It isn’t normal for women to be comfortable in showing their struggle.
Nor is it normal for those women to show how they defeated the stereotypes by losing or gaining weight for themselves and their health rather than being the standards.
This makes girls who are trying to be healthier for themselves not know which path to go on to start their own journey as they disregard unrealistic expectations.
Is There Too Much Pressure on Girls to Have ‘Perfect’ Bodies?
Yes, a very high pressure is applied to a girl’s mindset on the “Perfect” body.
