Which gender has the toughest time with self-esteem? Assume that we're only comparing high-school age kids. Who has the toughest time keeping their self-esteem high? What does that gender have to deal with that the other does not?
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I think girls have a tougher time with self esteem. I think girls have a tougher time keeping it high. This gender has to deal with getting the approval of both genders when guys usually want approval from other guys.
ReplyDeleteI think females have a harder time when it comes to self esteem than males do, especially in high school. Girls have to deal with certain trends, and cliques. Women judge very harshly, even if they don't really know a person.
ReplyDeleteGirls/women definitely have a harder time with self esteem. Girls are very judgmental especially throughout high school and the teenage years. Girls get judged for what they wear, how they look, how they act, basically everything.
ReplyDeleteI think girls have the toughest time with self-esteem. It's harder for them to keep it up, because other girls judge each other dry harshly time after time, and it makes it harder for girls to keep up their confidence as more girls keep putting them down. They also have to deal with looks and other groups of girls.
ReplyDeleteGirls have a tougher time with self-esteem and keeping their self-esteem high. This gender has more pressure to look and act a certain way and if they don't measure up to these standards then they are outcasted. Most girls will feel worthless if they don't have a certain hairstyle, weight, or thought process because then that usually means they won't find a partner and other girls will not accept them into heir particular social group. With guys, there is still the physical component to look a certain way but usually guys don't hold as high of standards as girls do when accepting them into their social group.
ReplyDeleteI think females have a much harder time with self-esteem and keeping it high. Girls are faced with stereotypes that causes them to lose confidence in themselves, such as "men are better at math than women". Females are concerned about how everyone thinks of her. Appearance is important to girls. For guys, it is not as important. Girls are constantly faced with comparing other girls to themselves. Guys are more carefree.
ReplyDeleteFemales have a harder time with self-esteem compared to men. There is constant judgement, from males as well as other females. There's a quota and females, in particular, feel they need to meet it. Males on the other hand can shrug things off much easier.
ReplyDeleteI think girls have much harder time with self-esteem and keeping it high. Girls have to try harder to make sure that they look good so that social groups will accept them or her friends dress a certain way so she feels that she has to dress that way to fit it.
ReplyDeleteI feel that girls have the hardest time with self-asteem and keeping their confidence up. It's too easy for other girls of their age to judge other girls. Especially with teenage girls, teenage guys can just fight it off and it'll be okay girls use more of emotional type of fighting with eachother and it effects their self-asteem.
ReplyDeleteGirls have a harder time with self-esteem due to basically everything in the media telling us what we should look like. Guys have a hard time with self-esteem, but girls have it much harder.
ReplyDeleteI think girls have a harder time, they take a lot of things more personally and seriously than guys do. Girls worry about everything from their hair to how in shape they are.
ReplyDeleteBased on high school aged students, girls definitely have a tougher time with self esteem. There are so many things that are expected from girls to be considered what is "normal". Weight, beauty, clothes, and appearance all have a huge play in how a girl feels about herself and if it's not the same as everyone else, then it's considered wrong; thus making the teenage girl more self conscious. Teen girls also are notorious for judging other girls which affects self esteem. Girls take things more seriously compared to guys because they genuinely care about what other people think about them.
ReplyDeleteI think females have the lowest self esteem due to the fact that they want to be the way society taught them to be. The way magazines and models are super skinny, girls want to be that way.
ReplyDeleteGirls have it harder then guys because of the media everyone expects the girls to almost look like supermodels. girls are constantly worry about their hair, face, body, clothes and what they eat. all just to have this image that look similar to those on the magazine covers.
ReplyDeleteGirls have a harder time with self esteem. They fight battles inside themselves with what people think they should look like a do. All the while facing pressure from family, friends, students, and adults.
ReplyDeleteGirls have a harder time with self esteem because they feel like they should resemble a model instead of being their selves and they are afraid of criticism from others and men can ignore things
ReplyDeleteI think girls have more trouble with self esteem than boys because they are concerned about their image. They are worried about how they look, what people think about them, how they act, and how they feel. Girls also have a lot more emotions than guys and sometimes they can get the best of them. Guys usually just don't care.
ReplyDeleteGirls have a harder time with self-esteem because girls are held to higher standards sometimes. Guys could pretty much care less.
ReplyDeleteI think girls have the toughest time with self-esteem. I think girls usually have the toughest time keeping their self-esteem high also. Girls have to deal with emotions and always worrying about how other people feel about them. Meanwhile, most guys are just kind of like whatever, I don't care how people feel about me and I have no emotions.
ReplyDeleteI would say that girls have it much harder, they get pressured all the time from friends, family, and others that they should look a certain way, dress a certain way, eat a certain way, and feel a certain way. All of these things makes us girls feel like we need to be all these certain ways and be absolutely perfect. We all have to have the newest clothes perfect hair and makeup but no one can ever just be themselves because of judgment.
ReplyDeleteI think girls have more trouble with self-esteem compared to boys because girls are usually concerned about how they look and boys don't care. Girls have the tougher time keeping their self-esteem high because they want to keep a good image.
ReplyDeleteGirls definitely have a way harder time than us boys. When guys wake up, we just put on what ever and go. Girls have to plan it out, put on the 'right' clothes, put on make up, do their hair and nails, etc. Girls are more focused on their physical appearance than guys. But I don't blame them, society's made it that way, and I kinda feel bad for that. If we lived in a society where what's on the inside rather than physical appearance mattered, this world wouldn't be the way it is now; it'd be better.
ReplyDeleteI think that the females have the toughest time with self-esteem. I think that the people who have the hardest time keeping their self-esteem high usually don't have too many friends, have been bullied, or have problems at home. I think that females have to deal with too many changes with their bodies and emotions while guys just sorta just deal with whatever.
ReplyDeleteI think girls have a tougher time with self-esteem. Girls worry about judgements. They're scared they're not good enough and it just overall hurts their self-esteem. Guys on the other hand, just aren't as emotional.
ReplyDeleteFemales undoubtedly have the lowest self esteem when it pertains to high-school age kids. For a lot of girls, they themselves and others their age, both male and females, along with teachers and their family have placed such high expectations on them on all things. And girls tend to actually care what other people think about them, at least more than boys their age.
ReplyDeleteI would say Women have the tougher problem with Self esteem, they always worry about being over weight, they want to wear make up a lot so they can look "Pretty". Girls tend to care what other people think about them more than men. As for men sometimes they worry about not being strong enough, or not in good enough shape, so maybe it's equal.
ReplyDeleteI think a girl has a tougher time with self esteem because girls usually care more about their appearance than guys. Girls compare other girls' clothes, makeup, hair, etc. Girls care more about what other people think of them more than boys, most guys can just shrug it off of what someone else says but a girl on the other hand will never let that down and will always be thinking of that.
ReplyDeleteAs stereotypical as it seems, girls have the lowest self esteem. When it comes to being a high schooler, all kids deal with stress, yes, but girls not only stress over school work, the stress over their bodies, hair and appearance in general, plus the fact that they want to fit in.
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ReplyDeleteI do not believe that gender has to do anything with self-esteem. Every person is different and it differs between who we are talking about. Different people have different friends, feelings, looks, and these all have a factor in self esteem.
ReplyDeleteI would have to say women/girls in general have always had self esteem issues. They want to look a certain way or do the things that other girls do. They tend to be followers instead of leaders. Guys hide their emotions more, because thats mainly how they were raised. But guys do have self esteem issues as well. They just don't show it.
ReplyDeleteI think that females have more of a tough time in high school than males do, because they have to deal with a lot more problems. They're always worried about the way they appear and the way that other people see them. If someone says something to them, that comment will stay in the back of their mind forever. Also, a lot of other students typically look at girls than they do guys.
ReplyDeleteGirls do have the toughest time with self-esteem, not saying it's true for all girls. Keeping your self-esteem high really depends on you as a person. Some people live in different situations that can effect self-esteem in many ways.
ReplyDeleteI personally believe that girls have a much more difficult time with self esteem than guys. Growing up, girls are faced with unrealistic expectations. The are given Barbie dolls, and they idolize them. They want to be them, however in reality, it isn't physically possible to be the same proportions as a Barbie. Girls also see this in the media. So many magazine covers have photoshopped models in top shape showing off their "hot new bod," which only makes those girls want to be like that. More recently, though, there has been the trend of wanting a "thigh gap" among teenage girls around the age of 13, when it really isn't something they can change without starving themselves. Whether or not someone has said "thigh gap" is all based on how wide their hips are, and their bone structure. The only way for girls without a natural thigh gap to "achieve" this is by starving themselves. Girls should be taught to love the person the are- not to meet all of the unrealistic expectations of the media.
ReplyDeleteI agree girls have a harder time figuring things out but guys certainly always have to try and prove themselves. Girls may go through more of the phase of trying to figure out who they are but guys have more time dealing with del-estem than girls.
ReplyDeleteGirls have a harder time with self-esteem because of the image that the media has created of them. It's near impossible to live up to society's standards because they are unrealistic and always changing.
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DeleteI feel like it can go both ways but girls have a harder time developing a high self esteem. They look at social media and compare themselves to the people around them. Sometimes girls have an image they want to portray and if they don't look like that it brings them down. Its easier to tell yourself you can't do something and give up than you can and keep trying. I feel like out of the grade levels in high school freshmen have the lower self esteem. They are just beginning to enter an new school with new people, they have no idea who they are, some might not have made many friends yet. Basically they are finding where they fall into place in the environment and I feel that can easily bring someone down in fear of being rejected.
ReplyDeleteAs a general rule, females due typically have a harder time handling self-esteem issues in high school. However, this is by no way true all the time. There is a growing trend of more and more metro-sexual males in the high school populations. These being males who worry about their appearance primarily, but is usually also accompanied by an increased susceptibility to emotions. Traits thought of as traditionally feminine are appearing in more and more of the male population. This isn't a bad thing, but definitely affects the amount of high schoolers who struggle with low self-esteem.
ReplyDeleteFemales in general have a lower self esteem, they are thrown into society as something that stereotypically needs to be all dressed up and perfect if the trip, fall, and screw up one time, they get a bunch of shit for it. Guys also get the same type of pressure, but have the "ease" of brushing it off, because being an emotional male isnt acceptable in a teenage society either. So, whether it's screwing up and it being a social media disaster for women, or a guy expressing feeling and it being a laughing matter for the school. Overall i would say you really couldnt compare between genders.
ReplyDeleteIn all honesty I believe that females have the toughest times with self esteem. They compare themselves to girls in social media and begin to think that they are ugly because they don't look like most girls. Looking at the athletic side I can see that many males would begin to have low self esteem. Assuming that we are only comparing high school aged kids then that would definitely be girls. Girls worry about what kind of clothes they wear, how skinny they are, and how their makeup looks. If girls would just look past what everyone else thinks I believe that they would have more self confidence. I'm not the most confident girl but I have stopped caring what others think.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, females have the toughest time with self-esteem, because of pressure they receive from the media. The media pressures girls to have perfect bodies, wear makeup, keep up with trends, and try certain hairstyles. Many magazines and ads portray girls in a specific way, and there is an overall image young girls are being encouraged to follow. Many teenage girls struggle with insecurity over body image.
ReplyDeleteI think girls have lower self-esteems than boys because they are expected to always look good. Girls are aways worrying about how they look, what to wear, how to do their hair, etc. Women celebrities set the bar high for girls too. They always look good because they have the money to have their hair and make up professionally done, they buy the nicest clothes, they can afford great personal trainers, etc. Most of the celebrities that are looked at as beautiful wouldn't look as good without all their money. Teenage girls are also going through a lot of changes and some struggle with acne.
ReplyDeleteI think girls have a lot more trouble with self esteem. They are always self conscious about how they look, we think that we are getting bigger when we are not. It's all because of social media that girls think that way.
ReplyDeleteI think that Females have a harder time with self esteem. Just because most high school girls try so hard to conform and be exactly what society expects them to be, or look like other people they envy like celeberties and role models. Which also causes girls to think they won't be accepted. Their constanly worrying about make up, clothes, and everything else that don't need to be worried about. Sometimes guys may have low self esteem when it comes to not being good at sports or liking a new girl, and maybe not having the right "style". If we"re talking about high school than its girls without a doubt. They are always worried about snide remarks from others, or constantly being judged. Girls are constantly comparing themselves to others like not being as skinny as they'd like thinking their fat or ugly because they don't wear enough make up. Truly its not about what others think, its about what you like and what makes you happy.
ReplyDeleteI think girls have more problems with self-esteem because guys don't really care how much they weigh or look when girls on the other hand care about what they wear, how their hair looks, and etc.
ReplyDeleteIts neutral. Because both girls and guys get judged the exact same. The men dont show the feelings, but the girls do.
ReplyDeleteI think that females have a harder time with self esteem because girls are judged by everyone. Especially in high school, you are growing and becoming who you are and everyone is judging how you are shaping up to be. And then we've got celebrities and society telling us that we should be skinny and wear make up and just not be yourself and all we want to do is be ourselves.
ReplyDeleteI think it could go either way because girls get their feelings hurt so easily and show emotions which makes them vulnerable but then again guys may or may not care about being judged but either way guys don't really show their emotions towards that.
ReplyDeleteGirls definitely have lower self esteem. A lot of females these days are put on a pedestal, that no one can live up to. Girls feel like they are expected to look a certain way because of the way society is today. It's sad that girls look at a magazine and instantly don't feel good about themselves because they don't look like a girl from a magazine. Girls get judged pretty harshly in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteGirls have the hardest time dealing with self-esteem issues at the high school age. Guys may have their problems as well, but for the most part they don't undergo nearly as much stress or pressure to look or act a certain way as girls do daily. Females are brought up being taught to act "lady-like" and to look and dress presentable; while males typically are brought up being told go out side, play sports, and to not be afraid of getting a little dirt on them. Along with these things, as children get older they are introduced to a wider range of media that puts unrealistic standards and labels on people, especially on females.
ReplyDeleteGirls have always been expected to live up to be certain things and that can include dressing nice, wearing makeup, and fitting in with her friends, and also the guys so that can be why so many girl battle with self esteem.
ReplyDeleteI think girls have a harder time being confident because I feel guys judge us on our looks much more than we judge them on their looks. Their much harsher about it. And if a girl isn't attractive, she can sometimes not have a lot of friends. Though it can go the same way for guys, it's usually not as big of a deal for them. And media makes it an even bigger deal with all these women being photoshopped and now if we don't look like that, we're considered ugly.
ReplyDeleteI think this guy has the right idea. People need to listen to themselves more and focus on there accomplishments. This would solve gender self esteem problems. Guys already do this most of the time. But girls are another story. The media is being a prick when comes to "correct body image" when they should be focusing on whats healthy and whats not.Suicide rates would go down exponentially. And deaths related to anxiety and bulimia.
ReplyDeleteI havent had a problem with confidence in years... seeing how I'm confidant that this will be accepted as a comment.
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ReplyDeleteWomen definitely have a hard time with self esteem, because girls deal with being judged based on the clothes they wear, the friends they hang with, and what interests they have.
ReplyDeleteIt's definitely females that have the hardest time with self esteem at a high school level. Between all the other men and women that that judge and put people down for the way they look or what they wear. then there is also all kinds of media that just puts a ton of pressure on girls to look or act a certain way just to be accepted by society and that put a false sense of reality, because you should feel comfortable with yourself know matter what a few other people think or say because you have the right to dress or look like you want to.
ReplyDeleteI think girls have lower self-esteem. They have lower self-esteem because of the pressure they receive from their peers and the media.
ReplyDeleteGirls definitely have lower self esteem than men because of what is portrayed in the media. They have so much pressure and if they do not look the exact way that the media women look then there self esteem goes down. I think people just need to be happy with who they are.
ReplyDeleteWomen definitely have lower self-esteem because of the way the media influences them
ReplyDeletegirls definitely have lower self esteem then us men. the media influence them in many different ways. and also their peers are always in their ears.
ReplyDeleteGirls have lower self esteem then men because women do not have the confidence. In high school it is harder to be hold up your self esteem.
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