Weekly DM story -

The media must stop obsessing about the Duchess of Cambridge's body -



. A Daily Star story about the ghost of Princess Diana criticising Kate Middleton's body is only the most surreal of a deluge of offensive articles following the birth of Prince George.

. It's affecting young girls self- esteem

. the media obsession with the duchess's every bodily inch reinforces the principle that girls should be seen and not heard. Compound that with the contradictory message that she is simultaneously perfectly, joyously slender and selfishly, irresponsibly underweight and we're also broadcasting to our girls, loud and clear, the message of mandatory female insecurity.

. young teenagers are being influenced by this. a 15 year old girl said; "I'm 15, and feel like girls my age are under a lot of pressure that boys are not under. I know I am smart, I know I am kind and funny, and I know that everybody around me keeps telling me that I can be whatever I want to be. I know all this but I just don't feel that way. I always feel like if I don't look a certain way, if boys don't think I'm 'sexy' or 'hot' then I've failed and it doesn't even matter if I am a doctor or writer, I'll still feel like nothing. I feel like successful women are only considered a success if they are successful AND hot, and I worry constantly that I won't be. What if my boobs don't grow, what if I don't have the perfect body, what if my hips don't widen and give me a little waist, if none of that happens I feel like whats [sic] the point of doing anything because I'll just be the "fat, ugly girl" regardless of whether I do become a doctor or not … I know the girls on Page 3 are probably starving themselves. I know the girls in adverts are airbrushed. I know beauty is on the inside. But I still feel as if I'm not good enough."

MY OPINION :

These girls are absorbing every message the media sends them, Its impact on them is very real and it is influencing girls into looking a certain way to become the 'successful woman'. I think this is a negative influence as it may lead to many problems, example, anorexia.