Misogyny? Well, DUH!

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9. OK

you make the point that boys also have insecurities as they grow up. True of course. But I sampled all the videos and see some significant differences. For one thing, the girls never express hope or solutions, never see it as a matter of building up enough confidence to overcome the question "am I ugly?" in the first place. If told they are ugly, they will buy cosmetics. If told they are pretty, they will buy cosmetics. That is the only solution they have to getting over feelings of being ugly. So that is their only question. Already the boys are putting the problem in perspective.

One of the positive things about the boys videos--is that talking openly like this is becoming more acceptable to express their inner selves, a good thing. With the exception of a couple of these guys who may have more serious depression, this is a phase, something they will work through and get over. They will eventually accept themselves no matter what they look like. Being a male nerd is still better than being a female nerd.

The problem for girls is that this obsession with appearance and image--will carry through their lives, to their graves. It's not a temporary thing. It is crippling.

I still say, there's a difference.