![]() ![]() So then, when you tell them what the problem is, they might be like, ‘oh, yeah, I don’t see it’.” And then if you do, I feel like other people don’t notice as much. When it comes to his own body insecurities, he explains: “It’s not really like something you talk about that much. They’d be like, ‘oh, just get over it, it’s fine’.”Ī 15-year-old male student in the same class shares that boys face similar pressures, but with different expectations, as they strive to appear more “muscular”. But when I talk to boys – it depends on who I’m talking to – they’d find it more stupid or kind of dumb. In my experience, if I talk to my girlfriends, they’ll be more open about it and they try to help me. You can be made fun of it you speak about it. “I think as a girl, we are expected to have more of a woman’s body. When asked about her body image concerns, she reveals experiencing pressure to conform to a specific body type. Like, you try to wear T-shirts where your chest looks bigger or pants where you look curvier,” says a 15-year-old girl from Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School in Leopardstown, Co Dublin before the break for the summer holidays. “When you post things, you’re always trying to post them to make your body look better. ![]()
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