Just Look at Yourself

1
Just Look at Yourself

• Empowerment for
• Middle School Girls
• Parent Presentation

2
Understanding Adolescent Girls

• Physical and emotional changes
• Parents both pulled in and pushed away

3
Living in Two Worlds

• One foot in childhood, the other in adulthood
• A difficult transition

4
Feeling Like Two Different People

• Feeling like one person at school and another
  person at home
• Trying on different looks and groups of friends

5
Drop in Self-Esteem

• Growing self-doubt
• What is to blame?

6
Physical Changes

• Hormones
• Growth spurts
• Body hair, odor, acne
• Coordination
• Menarche

7
Expectations of Personality Development

• Quieting of their voice
• Feeling they must choose whether to be loved
• Everything good in me died in junior high

8
Media Influences

• Ads, magazines, music videos
• Roles of women in TV and movies
• Increased media exposure
• Fiji study

9
School Environment and Learning Styles

• Girls do most of their identity work at school
• Schools stress competition, not cooperation
• Girls learn better in groups

10
Disappointment in Future Prospects

• Feeling dismay that women are still underpaid and
  underrepresented
• Observing that women have less power than men