A Query into the Relationship between Gender and Self Esteem in Adolescent Females

Self-esteem is defined as the way in which a person views their performance in areas principal to them personally, and the way they believe others of significance perceive them. Those who suffer from a deficiency of self-esteem have a heightened susceptibility to experiencing depression, becoming involved in drug use or other precarious behaviors; they may suffer from insomnia due to anxiety and are more likely. To show prejudice and disparage others. Abraham Maslow, creator of …

…proverbial glass ceilings of corporate America. There are always exceptions to the rule of course. Since these studies were published, many more women have pulled themselves into the way of intense success and lived to become role models for future generations. Cliched waif-like models, poster children for Anorexia Nervosa, are being replaced by healthier standards and those still representing the former ideals are ridiculed by many. Awareness has brought about slow but much needed change.