The Beauty Myth

e girl. Low self-esteem then leads to depression and depression may lead to suicide.
             "The problem is evident by adolescence, when teenage girls say they feel relatively less attractive
             in comparison to their peers than do boys. More women than men describe persistent feelings of
             physical inferiority. One out of three report feeling anxious, depressed, or repulsed when they
             look at their nude bodies in the mirror" (Freedman 115). When females are sought after for their
             beauty rather than deeper qualities this becomes the means of attracting any attention they get
             from men at the expense of their sense of self-worth. "A woman's beauty is constantly
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