When
I was growing up, I used to watch movies and shows where the main female protagonist
always got rid of their stress by going on shopping sprees. Another case of
this stereotype being pushed onto women is the constant presence of advertisements
at malls of women with bags of their recent purchases and huge smiles on their
faces. I wanted to be like them since they all seemed to be happy with their
recent purchases and rid of the thing that was bothering them. When I was 16, I
adopted this mentality that by buying things I didn’t need or just wanted would
help with my stress and help me forget my burdens. I did forget about my
troubles for a bit but then it just came back and learned that it didn’t work
and stopped doing and instead faced my problems head on.
This type of mentality is dangerous
for children especially girls as this causes them to think that they can solve
everything by wasting a couple of bills to buy items that are advertised to
make them happy. This also causes financial struggle in the future for either them
or their family.
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