why do teen girls have problem with low self-esteem?

Answer 1

Because during puberty girls go through a lot of changes... additionally there is a lot of pressure in our culture to be beautiful and thin, this creates an unreachable expectation for these already venerable girls.

Answer 2

The reasons for low self-esteem is different with every girl. From not fitting in at school, to them not having loving fathers. I however have an extremely high self-esteem. You have to love yourself before anyone else can love you=]

Answer 3

There are probably too many answers, with many of them being pretty accurate. I guess the first one that comes to my mind is the culture whe live. Even though it has been showing signs of improvement, there are still things that women have a lot of difficulty doing compared to men. Such things as getting high level professional jobs, or even getting paid equally compared to male conterparts, are still out there.
There's also a lot of pressure from the media for women to be thin and/or pretty. Not to mention the women who are degraded via pornography. In short, its no wonder women have any self esteem. Even other countries contribute to this by treating their women as 2nd class citizens, and arranging their marriages. I suppose any teenage girl who has to live in a society that expects more of them with less freedom and equality, is more susceptible to low self esteem, especially when you add in the other mentioned factors, (parenting, specific environmental situtuations, etc...)

Answer 4

This of course doesn't apply to everyone but I blame gender roles, they still exist despite society trying to change them. In specific I blame the rules of attraction.

Girls in the past were supposed to attract boys but not do any of the asking or planning. That stereotype has lasting effects to the point that many girls are either shy or have trouble expressing themselves. When a boy does ask them out it has two further effects. 1- it creates the "entertain me" format where the boy does all the planning giving the boy all the power 2- it makes the girl more likely to stay in the relationship than the boy because if he asked one person out he can ask another where as the girl doesn't know when she'll be asked again.

The counter to this is that boys become fearful of rejection and that usually manifests in different behavioral issues.

Answer 5

teen boys have problems with low self-esteem too

Answer 6

teenhood is the turning point of an adolescent girl. she is no longer a girl and yet she is not a woman. it is the time when they are starting to develop a solid personality. due to some external influences such as peer pressure, the media, parents, etc they self esteem can easily waver.

Answer 7

Because they are leaving behind the innocence of childhood. And they start to have high expectations of who they are and who they want to become in the future. Also, hormones play games with the brain.

Then there is nature and nuture. One being what we are born with and the other is how we are taught to be.

It is a real shocker that each of us is responsible for our own self-esteem. It is realizing that- that a person comes in to themselves

Answer 8

awkward teenage years where you feel that your skin doesn‘t fit and you suddenly start noticing all these things you didn‘t before it makes you vulnerable, media that takes advantage of that vulnerability and tells you that you are not good enough and that you need more of everything, peers who brain-washed by media act almost frightened of anyone who is not the norm, parents who are themselves a product of a very confused society. it’s a vicious cycle.

Answer 9

Because they are bombarded with a boatload of impossible media images of what we/our lives should be like.

Answer 10

Their fathers lacking parental skills.