SELF ESTEEM FOR GIRLS

Dove soap launched a campaign for Girls to be confident about their bodies. It reminded me of my female critics on a beauty course in the late eighties. I was sixteen and slim. All I had for that year was Anerexic taunts from my not so thin colleagues. There was no social media back then and Baywatch was massive before Ally McBeal made skinniness popular. If I had looked like Pamela Anderson the envy would have been justified. It turned out to be the worse year of my life. I had been bullied in school for being spotty, but that was understandable. It was beyond comprehension though that I would be bullied for being a size eight dress. I realised that it was unfair judgement and ignored it. On reflection it was envy and pettiness. It made me cynical about the motives of all females. It didn’t damage my confidence but I became a wary person, aware that those who dislike themselves are not trustworthy. The moral of the story is: barriers to sisterhood include a lack of trust between women.

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