Sexism is daily reality for girls, says Girlguiding UK

[LadyAlconleigh]

Survey Results

How depressing is this report?

Very. The fact that girls feel more threatened by themselves is very telling.

It ties in with what we've been saying on the sleazy old man thread. Girls are being affected by this type of behaviour and they don't like it

I have a 9 year old and she remains refreshingly unaware still of most of this. She is headstrong and independent and I go to great lengths to give her positive messages. I guess it won't be long though before peer pressure and the big bad world are making a greater impression on her than her aged parents.

My daughter is 11 and very aware of this. She is angry about it too - rather than just accepting.

Just today i have asked her to come straight home after school rather than go swimming because it is now dark in the late afternoon. When she asked why her brother didn't have to, I had to admit it was because she was a girl. What else can I say, but admit that the world is a more dangerous place for girls....

I'd have to disagree with you what does, the world is dangerous for boys too, young men are more likely to be beaten up than young girls/women.
I would guess though that young women are more likely to be sexually attacked than men.
Can your DD not walk home from swimming with her Brother or some friends on well lit paths, it seems such a shame to miss out.

Girls and women are statistically more likely to be assaulted in the home/ by someone they know and men and boys are more likely to be assaulted by a stranger ( a man )

(British Crime Survey)

whatdoes - as other posters have pointed out, your son is probably more at risk than your daughter in walking home alone.

Near to me just recently a 12yo girl was sexually assaulted within yards of her school whilst walking in in the morning

Mist

DD has just started a job where she is working with the public, she has already been propositioned to 'go up an alley' with a drunken oaf so he could cheer her up.
To her immense delight all his pals laughed at him and told him to pack it the fuck in.

reeling Your poor dd!

The report is very depressing. However, the one good thing about it is that at least the young women and girls who were surveyed are aware of the reality and are not buying into the lie that "women are equal now, we have the vote and everything is fine" or, worse, the myth that the lad culture which places emphasis on women's appearances is somehow "sexually empowering" for women.

We can only hope that this awareness will keep issues on sexism and equality in the public eye rather than sexism going unchallenged and being accepted.

Are lads statistically more likely to be assaulted when out and about because so many families require their daughters to stay in while their brothers are allowed out?