A landmark study of 600 girls aged 16-19 reveals young women believe sexism is rife in Australia. These confronting insights are worrying trends that demonstrate more needs to be done to ensure teenage girls feel safer, more confident and excited about her future without facing inequality.
The study reveals:
- MORE than half of teenage girls say they are seldom or never valued for their brains over their looks.
- ONE in three girls always did more house work than their brothers.
- ALMOST half of girls did not feel safe on the way to school.
- JUST one in six girls feel they are given the same opportunities to get ahead in life as boys.
- A LACK of support for working parents meant two in five girls would re-evaluate whether to have children.
- ONE THIRD believe it is easier to get their dream job if they were male.
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