Girls Under Pressure! GMTV

A typical English Rose

Girls are under pressure. It's official! Let's invade another innocent country in view of this devastating finding! The poor dears are feeling stressed due to the fact they can't relax due to the regular testing at school and parents have high academic expectations at school.  Seemingly, gone are the days when you can stay in and plait your hair with your mum or trough on chocolate watching charmed. 

FFS why aren't women screaming at GMTV to stop being so patronising and sexist. Do they or the twats doing the research intentionally overlook boys? Is this Richard and Judy esque sexist drivel aimed to contribute to narrow minded sexist notions of women. Or is it a ploy to keep women in their place.  But fear not ladies, the 'panel' have some suggestions:

Girls need support to be healthy and happy

The panel makes a number of recommendations about how girls can be supported to overcome the challenges of the 21st century:

• Girls should be taught how to be resilient – at home and at school – to help them deal with problems as they arise. 
• Adults must accept their responsibilities as role models for young women – and should try to be inspiring. 
• Older children should be encouraged to act as mentors for younger ones. 
• Formal education should give a more rounded perspective on life; teaching young people how to deal with feelings and develop emotional resilience, and not just focus on academia. As one girl said: "PHSE is badly taught in my school. It doesn't teach girls what they want to know. Girls need to be educated for the world in which they live."

Their recommendations reinforce those obtained through in-depth research with Girlguiding UK's own members, which included: ensuring girls have things to do, creating safe places where girls can have freedom without their parents worrying and boost girls' confidence by providing them with opportunities to succeed outside school.

Thank heavens boys are just fine!

The shite was drivelled out on GMTV on 15 December 2008 by the smug vile Smith creature.