What is it that makes most teen girls and women unhappy w/their bodies?
487609
Watching the media and seeing these skinny girls and women. They want to be just like them, skinny, perfect, hot
504382
Our society is inundated with aspects which drive girls towards thinking about it.  Hip hop videos with barely dressed girls shaking their booty, movies with plots including young girls giving it up, media ads for weight loss pills and exercise equipment, and the accessibility of porn on the Internet are but a few of these.  Until society as a whole goes back to valuing more pure issues, I'm afraid this won't change.
269145
hormones.. we are programed to like them to procreate! and we know that guys get hung up on a girls looks for what ever reason!
743620
Because if they could figure out why they had it or what caused it they could get rid of it, and be happier.\n\nCheck out www.hufa.org for my take on "why PMS".
415118
Women are more emotional than men are...for the most part.  Plus alot of it is hormonal. Our cycles change several times in the matter of a month. And what do you mean I am moody?!!!  lmto! :op~~
146340
because either they have a problem like belimia or anorexica or they just feel fat and sometime they feel presure to have the "perfect body" when there realy is no such thing. we do live in a world where if you have eny excess fat on your body it is not model perfect.
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effects: pregnancy, STDs, low self esteem.\n\nwhy: because they see it as cool or a way to boost their self esteem. peer pressure.
805341
Well i'm going to focus on media and the obsession with being skinny....In alot of magazines, on television, and EVERYWHERE else you see underweight people and it's considered "beautiful"??! (only in america lol) But anyways, Teens and adults see this and want to be like this "perfect" image that they see....They go on CRaZy diets, starve themselves and have low self-esteem because of the media in America! What happened?? If you look at any old art work and you see "Healthy", beautiful, women but things have changed for the worse! I will NEVER conform!
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It's just genetic, and also related to body-fat. (Very thin girls often start later).\n\n15 is still totally normal. Lots of girls don't get a period until they're 15 or 16 and there's nothing wrong with them.
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I think there's always been a high incidence of depression among teens.  Being a teenager is a really hard time.  Your body and your mind are still immature, and you're extremely restricted in your choices and ability to support yourself, but you have this sense of wanting to break away and develop as your own person.  This feeling along with the hormones that rage out of control during hormones manifest themselves as a lot of frustration and depression.\n\nBut we're starting to hear a lot more about clinical depression now.  Before, parents used to just assume their children were in a nasty mood or they had a bad attitude.  But now that it's been proven that clinical depression is a chemical imbalance and not just a bad attitude, parents much more inclined to seek medical attention for their children than to tell them to just suck it up for fear that something tragic may happen.\n\nIt does get easier though, so stick it out.  I'd give better advice if I knew what you were depressed about (hint hint)
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Depends on the context and my emotions. Physically, we are complex creatures, as it is linked to our emotions. Sometimes, things that my B.f has done feels good sometimes, others, say when I'm irritated, does little for me.\n\nGet to know your g.f. Every girl is different
348646
Well, look at the fashion industry and whole thin celebrities are. Young women look at these pictures and view this as whole they should be. This causes body dissatisfaction. This causes disordered eating and can lead to eating disorders. Models are 20% skinnier than the average women today, compared with only 8% skinnier 20 years ago. Because of this industry we believe that the ideal body image of women should be ultra skinny and busty, when in reality only 5% of women has this body shape. As a result, people who are overweight or even normal weight are discriminated against.
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1.We usualy under dress.\n2.Were smaller\n3.We have less hair on our bodies and therefore are colder\n4.We complain about everything\n5.It could be PMS\n6.Less Fat than guys\n7.We over-exagerate almost everything\n\n(And 68 degres is 2 frezing I like it at 75)
747640
Normal for a teen...quit complaining!
399207
it has to do with hormones fluctuating and the body craves different nutriets to suplement. This is in most womens cases for a lot of younger women they see older women get away with and use it as an excuse.
257955
I'm male and 46,  My weight is within healthly limits so my weight isn't the problem.  It's that I'm not in shape.  There is a huge problem with body image in the US.  If one is healthy and in shape.  Weight shouldn't matter.  It's come to the point where eating disorders are hitting younger and younger girls and just recently it's been reported that boys are now having the same body image problems.  Good topic!
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1. They love themselves\n2. there girls who are beauty junkies\n3.To much make-up\n4. Ugly as hell and have to spend that amount of time to look good.\nand 5. it just there personality.