Revealed: women’s SHOCKING top DAILY self-criticisms
THE average woman criticises herself a worrying EIGHT times every day, according to a report out today.
A shocking list of women's insecurities have been revealed
The alarming new study has revealed confidence is at an all time low for British women and “modern cultural conditions” are to blame.
The average woman is incredibly self-critical - finding fault with herself constantly throughout the day, the researchers concluded.
And self-criticism for almost half of the women surveyed started as early as 9.30am.
The Weight Watchers survey of 2,000 people discovered women regularly worry about wanting to lose weight, being low-earners and a having lack of creative and organisational skills.
Not being able to take a compliment also ranked highly, with 89 per cent of respondents dishing out compliments to other women that they would never bestow on themselves.
Women start criticising themselves as early as 9.30am
Negative thoughts about appearance and weight were the most apparent criticisms and made up almost three quarters of the most common put-downs.
Researchers blame social media and the bombardment of perfect images for the rise in a lack of self-confidence and personal critique.
Zoe Griffiths, Head of Public Health and Programme at Weight Watchers, said:
"Today's hectic and visually-driven world has meant that we're seeing a rise in women being self-critical, from the way they look to the way they feel at work.
"Our research has shown that being unkind to ourselves has been an underlying theme for women for many years, but a set of very modern cultural conditions have increased the intensity of this unkindness which are hard to avoid.
Worrying about money and not earning enough is a prime concern for women
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"At Weight Watchers we know that to adopt a healthy lifestyle it is important to build a better relationship with yourself in order to make a positive change.”
The full list of criticisms are listed below:
AREAS A WOMAN IS MOST SELF-CRITICAL
1. Weight
2. Appearance
3. Career
4. Finances
5. Relationship
A lack of creativity and organisation also plague women
A WOMAN’S 20 MOST COMMON CRITICISMS OF HERSELF
1. You’re too fat/overweight
2. Your hair is a mess
3. Your belly looks big
4. You don’t do enough exercise
5. Feeling scruffy next to other women
6. Not earning enough money
7. You say you are having a ‘fat day’
8. Not wearing certain items of clothing because you think you can’t pull it off
9. You wish you were as photogenic as other women on social media
10. You deflect compliments by saying something negative about yourself
11. You worry people are talking about you behind your back
12. Feeling underdressed
13. I’m not stylish enough
14. You don’t have sex with your partner enough
15. You aren’t as creative as other women
16. Your bum looks big
17. You aren’t as organised as other women
18. You don’t spend as much time with your friends as you should
19. You’re not wearing enough make-up
20. You aren’t attractive to your partner