How Selfie Culture Killed Off Childhood for Many American Girls
“Padma is a girl in LA. When I first met her she was very critical and troubled by girls putting up pictures of themselves in sexualized poses because they want more likes,” Ms. Sales recounted one of her experiences. “Yet later I noticed on her Facebook feed a very provocative picture of Padma, which at first I didn’t recognize because she was wearing a lot of make up and a bustier. I discovered her photos had become more sexualized and as she described she was getting more likes. People were commenting calling her slut in a supposedly ‘good way.’ She had altered her appearance into what she had been pressured into thinking was the ‘right way to look.’” And she was rewarded for that change.”
