Teen Angst Turns Deadly

Girls today going through middle school and high school are going through a tough time with being themselves, and not accepting what was given to them at birth. 

“The suicide rate for girls’ ages 10-14 increased a whopping 76 percent in 2004 ... for those between 15 and 18, the rate went up more than 30 percent,” says Ms. Zimmer. 

Every girl has the same dream of having that perfect body, a brilliant mind, and keeping up a good reputation. Also with parents pressuring their kids about who they think they should be. With all this stress upon their shoulders it seems the only solution is suicide. 


In your opinion, do you think suicide comes from a failure to be the "perfect girl"?

13 comments:

Dan Mowchan said...

I think that kids of any sex have pressures on them to fit in and be one of the "popular" kids. This ties in hand in hand with accepting yourself. If a child has no self-confidence then they are prone to suicide. If they don't like themselves and think nobody else does, why would they want to live? That is what I think causes suicide.

Anonymous said...

yes, i think suicide comes from the failure to be a perfect girl because society tells girls how they have to look and act and if they don't then they feel like failures. Which causes them not to want to live.
Rachel Pac

Amy Fischl said...

I do think suicide comes from failure to be the perfect girl. If you think about it, a lot of the time other people influence the suicide of others. This comes from hazing and bullying… due to what? People bully because other people are different, not fitting the stereotype of someone normal or acceptable, not so perfect. If someone will commit suicide, it’s going to be because they feel failure at achieving a certain goal seen as acceptable: skinniness, prettiness, smartness, talent, popularity, etc.

Lisa Solari said...

I agree with Amy. Of course every girl wants to fit in instead of being made fun of and because of feelings they get it drives them to suicide. Suicide to them is a last resort to end all of the tormenting and tries to be someone thats not getting accepted, but by being a person they truly are and not being fake. Society today has all types of stereotypes of which are the "popular" ones and which aren't.

Carlee said...

This is a wonderful subject to bring up. I don't believe there is a perfect girl. I believe that girls feel that there is always going to be someone prettier than themselves which infact makes someone else the perfect girl. With saying that i do believe that sucide rate of girls has increased because they feel they lack the perfect girl qualities. Is that the only reason why girls commit sucide? Most likely not but it is probably and i strongly believe it is one off the most contributing factors.

brett m said...

I do think that suicide comes from girls trying to become the "perfect girl" although I do not believe that there is such thing as a "perfect girl." I agree with Dan how he thinks that kids of any sex just wants to fit in and be popular...and if they do not reach this, then that is what comes out of suicide.

Rachel Williams said...

I believe that suicide is caused by many different things. However, for teenage girls being "perfect" is important. There is no defined perfect but every girl just wants more than what they have. When a girl realizes that she cannot be perfect she might look to other ways to get away from trying to be perfect, one way being suicide. Therefor, i do agree that suicide is caused by the failure to be the perfect girl.

amy g said...

Yes, I think that the reason for some suicides is from not being able to live up to the stature of the "perfect girl". Although there are many different reasons, failure is definitely one of them. The pressure from society and the media to be "perfect" so stressful to teens today, they think they have to be a perfect barbie doll in order to be the best person they could be. They don't know that they don't have to listen to the brainwashed media that everyone is fine and beautiful just the way they are, not to sound corny :)

Erin Kiniry said...

I think that suicide comes from a number of different reasons many being pressure from different people, groups and responsibilities. If someone, not just a girl, feel too stressed and pressured and that they can't live up to some reputation or some high expectations then it may lead them to the sad decision of suicide. If they feel they are not the so called "perfect" anything, suicide may feel like their only way out and their only solution.
I personally don't feel there is the "perfect girl". Everyone is beautiful in their own way and what makes you different makes you who you are and it makes you beautiful.

Kelsey Cronin said...

I think suicide, as erin says, comes from a number of different things but i also think that the failure to be the "perfect" girl is a factor in suicides. Everything in the media today is about having the perfect body, clothes, skin, etc...There is so much pressure coming from so many different places that girls can not take it, which sometimes will sadly lead them to suicide.

kristyna said...

yes, i think that trying to be the "perfect girl" takes a tole on many teen girls and can lead them to suicide. There are so many pressures for girls to have the perfect body, clothes, hair and many other things. Girls feel pressured to have those things when we all know that nobody is perfect.

Anonymous said...

I personally feel that sucide does come from personal failure to become the perfect girl. in today's society, many girls do everything possible to achieve "perfection". Whether it be sporting the latest fashion trend or cutting their hair similar to their favorite star. What the girls don't realize that there is so such thing as perfection. As cliche as it sounds, it's true. Perfection is everyones idea/image of what is complete. Everyone has their own definition of perfection and everyone, girl or boy, feels pressured to to achieve it. If not achieve, they assume they have nothing else to live for resulting in suicide.

Jimmelys said...

there's a number of reason that causes a girl or any person to commit sucide. not only the fact that they are not the perfec human is not the only reason but it could be the main reason they start thinking about it. from there they notice other little things and they start comparing themself with other girls that may be pretty so sucide could come frome personal failure but not everytime.