The Hypocrisy of Teenage Girls

                The majority of teenage girls can unfortunately be hypocritical. I hate to say it but a lot of us, myself included, spend our time being infuriated at how teenage boys make comments about our bodies and looks-which is sadly a common occurrence nowadays. Teenagers are constantly being suffocated by what is "hot or not" which can affect us negatively, burdening us with low self esteem or possibly worse. Cruel comments that come out of boys' mouths can be partly to blame for this and a lot of girls openly call them out on their vulgar remarks- and rightly so.

                But us girls sometimes then turn around and insult one another's appearance; the human race is prone to bitching about one another. Most of the time it is just harmless ranting and venting to a close friend but sometimes it's a bit more than that. Sometimes it can turn into a snappy insult about a new look that a fellow female was trying to test out- just a sideways observation that didn't mean anything. But then someone blabs, someone confronts someone else and people end up falling out. We've all been guilty of it and we have all been exhausted by it.

                Then you've got the petty little fights when the context is blown way out of proportion and all because of what? Because someone judged someone else's looks for just a second. But these are the same girls that turn around and tell boys to stop judging girls on their appearance. It's like in Mean Girls, one of the most loved and quotable movies of this century, yet a lot of us tend to miss out when Tina Fey says, "You have all got to stop calling each other sluts and whores. It just makes it okay for guys to call you sluts and whores."

                So what can we do? Just be a bit nicer, I suppose. Encourage your friends to try out a new style even if it is wacky and ridiculous, help each other find a new confidence with being secure about ourselves and our bodies. We need to help one another and not belittle anyone for how they look. Us girls need to practice what we preach and try and cut down on this bitchiness that we seem to get carried away with. It's really crazy how better things would be if we were all just a bit more involved in girl power and kinder to each other.

Fozz.