The way that the obsessive focus on girls' looks plays into the dialogue around what they can and can't do is particularly poisonous. It inserts the self-consciousness of the watched, objectified woman into girls' internal narratives before they would ever have noticed it themselves.[...]And it teaches them lessons about their own value being measured by their bodies and faces – lessons that will stay with them for the rest of their lives.
-Laura Bates
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