Social media harming our young girls

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...sounds like a joke title but... no

Social scientist Jonathan Haidt was on the Rogan podcast and presented some pretty astounding graphs about depression in Generation Z. I captured them to bring them here

Just the boys' rise, from about 5 to about 7% saying they had a major depression, would be concerning - but look at the girls' rise. From about 12 to about 20%. 1 in 5.



When the question is asked of college students, slightly older:



Is this just a matter of people answering the question differently? To figure that out, look at hospital admissions for things like suicide attempts and severe cutting. It's not affecting boys:



It's REALLY affecting girls.



They can't say for certain this is all social media at work. Haidt thinks so. The social media age begins around 2009, when the iPhone gets cheaper and teens start getting them. It really ramps up by 2011-12, that's when everybody moved to FB.

Haidt points out that girls' bullying, always socially-focused, is now hyper-charged.