Im fifteen and I feel like girl 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 everyone around me keeps telling me that I can be whatever I want to be. I know all this but I just dont feel that way. I always feel like if I dont look a certain way, if boys dont think Im sexy or hot then Ive failed and it doesnt even matter if I am a doctor or writer, Ill still feel like nothing. I hate that I feel like that because it makes me seem shallow, but I know all of my friends feel like that, and even my little sister. I feel like successful women are only considered a success if they are successful AND hot, and I worry constantly that I wont be. What if my boobs dont grow, what if I dont have the perfect body, what if my hips dont widen and give me a little waist, if none of that happens I feel like whats the point of doing anything because Ill just be the fat ugly girl regardless of whether I do become a doctor or not.I wish people would think about what pressure they are putting on everyone, not just teenage girls, but even older people I watch my mum tear herself apart every day because her boobs are sagging and her skin is wrinkling, she feels like she is ugly even though she is amazing, but then I feel like I cant judge because I do the same to myself. I wish the people who had real power and control the images and messages we get fed all day actually thought about what they did for once.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 like Im not good enough.
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