Today at my school we had a workshop day, in which we cut classes and learn about a specific topic. Today it was on feeling comfortable with yourself and knowing who you are. I was really glad that they did this topic. One problem that I had was that they only did it to the freshman class, why? They told us that they only wanted to do it to us was because we’re still on comfortable with ourselves. Yet when we did this one activity where all the boys where in one room and all the girls where in a different we talked about self image and how we feel about the way we look. One of the girls who organized this event was in a higher grade, but she told us confidential that she was not happy with the way she looked. Its not only the freshman that do not feel comfortable with themselves its anyone who does not feel comfortable. It can happen at any age. While we were going around the room saying what we did not like about our selves, all I heard was negativity things, but yet everyone in that room was SO BEAUTIFUL! There was nothing that they should have been ashamed about! And I know that what people think about themselves is so hard on them, all they look at is the negative things. WHY DO US GIRLS ALWAYS DO THIS? We look at all the negative things and not the positive things. We talked about why we think this; we came to the conclusion that we are being pressured into it by boys and other girls. Boys have their thoughts on what makes a “beautiful” girl, which pressures the girl into looking like that, looking like the “beautiful” girl that guys like. Also we came to the conclusion that a lot of the self confidence that we don’t have is because we are always trying to battle other girls. So many people think that the only thing that matters is looks. This can make girls feel they always have to look good when they pass by a guy. In the boys room they were talking about what makes a boy. What they came up with is that they have to do everything, they have to be the tough guy, stand up for what they believe in. they said that they feel the same pressure as us girls.
Now I think this is a problem! No one should feel as if they are being pressured into having to act and look “beautiful” or “tough”!
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- bella
- My name is Bella. My interests include scrapbooking and playing solataire. I like brushing my hair a lot too. SIKE xoxo, Bella.
1 comment:
pressure, thats what happens. but think, when a parent has a kid they think about the future, their baby's future. they don't have a kid for the hell of it, they have ideas for him or her, to play sports, be successful even to be “beautiful” or “tough” its not a bad thing really, they just care about you. but for, say a kid in school looking at girls and making some of them feel uncomfortable, there is a problem, but its our culture and society that makes us do that. only time can change worlds at a time. Its all these Raps and sexual icons that degrade women and make men look like dogs in our world today. there was nothing like that 300 years ago when music actualy meant something, and women we treated good. I have no idea if things will change for the better in or current circumstances, i hope so, but unfortunately... whatever.
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