The Effects of Social Media on Teenage Girls

Social media is a very tricky thing to understand. It can be used for good, such as promoting a business, keeping in touch with friends, or just having fun. But, of course, there are many downsides. Teenage girls have it especially hard when it comes to social media. Some girls are very confident and comfortable with their bodies so they post things that could come off as "raunchy" or "sexy". Other girls, who are not as confident or as comfortable with their bodies, see these posts and feel bad about themselves because they don't look like those girls. They feel the need to look like these girls because society won't accept them the way they are. Because of this, they are not able to wear whatever they want because they feel like society will harshly judge them. This causes their self-esteem and self-confidence to drop and they could even get depressed or develop an eating disorder. Social media is a very daunting thing for these young women, including myself, which is why I hate it about 70% of the time and love it about 30% of the time.