Brit teenage girls ‘find growing up tougher than boys’
April 18th, 2011 - 1:26 pm ICT by ANILondon, April 18 (ANI): A new research has indicated that teenage girls are finding it tough growing up in Britain and are more likely to suffer with bad health compared with boys the same age.
Evidence showed that girls are more likely to skip meals in a bid to try and lose weight and often smoke and drink more alcohol than boys.
Research also suggested that twice as many girls are suffering with “teenage angst” and as many as 900,000 said they are “unhappy and depressed”.
The problem appears to be worse for young girls from lower economic backgrounds.
Girls are also more concerned about their appearance and the need to be perfect which is influenced by celebrity culture. They also feel more pressurised to lose their virginity early.
Some young women have also said they feel burdened by expectations they should try and carve out a career in more male-dominated environments.
The research was carried out by thinktank Demos and is due to be published in full on Good Friday.
‘Growing up has always been tough but our research shows that this generation of teenagers has more reason to wallow and fret than previous generations,” the Daily Mail quoted Julia Margo, deputy director of the company as telling The Observer.
“It is definitely tougher to grow up in Britain as a girl, and it is harder having to do it now than it has been in recent years,” Margo added. (ANI)
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