Colman Noctor: Teenage girls teased or excluded for not having the 'right dress'

Pressure on teen girls to wear clothes that make them feel self-conscious and vulnerable is real and seems primarily to be coming from other teenage girls

Some teenage girls have said they enjoy the 'getting ready part' of going out with friends but do not like feeling pressured to wear outfits that make them feel self-conscious 

Colman Noctor

CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPIST

While I am acutely aware that men don't usually comment about how teenage girls dress, I have decided to write on this topic because I feel there is a lack of awareness of the potential damage caused to teenage girls by the peer pressure they experience to dress beyond their age. This topic reminds me of a clinical case I was involved in some years ago, where an 11-year-old child was excluded from her peer group because she wore a swimsuit instead of a bikini to a swimming trip. I had thought this was an isolated incident, but emerging from a recent discussion, this pressure seems only to be becoming more pervasive.