In a society where women are fighting for equality, we should be sticking together, but instead women are turning on each other.
Over recent years there has been a rise in what is known as ‘slut-shaming’, which has taken flight on sites such as Tumblr and Facebook. In posts teenage girls criticise their peers for dressing too provocatively or for wearing too much make up.
Girls as young as 13 are taking to the internet to pick faults with others. It is worrying that at this young age girls are trying to make other people feel bad in order to fit in with society, and this will only continue into later life. It seems that females who seek to shame others are doing so because of their low self esteem, or because they have the internet to protect them.
With girls so quick to judge other girls, it makes me think where has female loyalty gone? Female loyalty should be important in today’s male orientated society, as there is a significantly higher amount of men in executive roles and men earn more money than women. But it would appear that many women just look out for themselves.
Karen Brady is one of Britain’s best business women. She became the youngest ever managing director of Birmingham City Football Club at the age of 27. However when Karen decided to go back to work just three days after giving birth to her first child she faced massive criticism. Women criticised her for missing out on valuable bonding time with her daughter, however it was her decision and one that should be respected.
Statistics have shown that a lack of loyalty between females is having an effect on our friendships as well. According to the book ‘Why Loyalty Matters’ the number and quality of friendships has been declining for at least 10 years, and now the average number of confidants per person is only two, in the past this would have been a higher number.
So in a time when men are the top dogs, women need to have each other’s back and restore some good old fashioned girl power.