Oct 25, 2025
"In numerous studies of girls and women ranging from junior high through adulthood, high levels of social media use are correlated with: - Greater internalization of the thin beauty ideal - More self-objectification - More frequent social comparisons - Higher levels of disordered eating - More desire to have plastic surgery - Greater investment in appearance - Increased depressive symptoms" Renee Engeln, PDH, Beauty Sick:How the Cultural Obsession with Appearance Hurts Girls and Women, 2017.