![]() ![]() "Counter-intuitively, praising girls on their appearance doesn’t inoculate them against body shame, it does the very opposite," she said. But Sarah argued that it's not the best approach. ![]() So how do you counter that? A reflex might be to tell a girl bombarded with those messages that she is beautiful, too. And of course, that creates a confirmation bias, so that wherever they look there's evidence to prove and substantiate that the beautiful people are the ones that have positive outcomes, get opportunities and are seen as being good and seen as being more liked." "It's something that's almost brainwashing children before they have a chance to actually see the world from a different perspective. A message, Sarah said, that children are already getting from all sorts of angles - from fairy tales, to movies and TV. By holding one child up as the most beautiful, posting pictures of her on social media that invite compliments and praise, it reiterates the idea that beauty and worth are synonymous.
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