Pressure to be Super Girls

Girls Inc. recently commissioned a study by Harris Interactive of more than 2,000 girls and boys in grades 3-12. Among the key findings reported in Work & Family Life (December 2006; [email protected])...

• Girls and boys face different stereotypes: 84% of girls and 87% of boys said that girls are "supposed to be kind and caring," while 88% of girls and 94% of boys said boys are "supposed to be able to protect themselves."
• Girls feel pressure to be thin and dress right: 74% of girls also said they felt a lot of pressure to "please everyone," and 84% said they dislike that this is true.
• Support systems bolster resilience: yet 20% of high school girls surveyed said they do not know who to turn to if they have a problem.

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