Women & Self Esteem

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Women Empowering Women of Michigan

A woman’s self esteem is the ability to feel good about herself and the knowledge from the inside out that she is fine just the way she is, even though she is not perfect. Several factors cause a loss of self esteem in women, such as abusive experiences, absorbed negative messages from relationships or from society and culture, insufficient emotional or physical comfort and unattainable expectation

 

 

 

1. Abusive Experiences

   • Emotional, mental, physical, sexual and verbal abuse all impact the way a woman views herself.

     The nefarious aspect of abuse is that it harms a woman’s image of herself even if it was unjust, criminal or simply enacted out of immaturity. Many women were bullied repeatedly at school as girls. Even though this may have been done by aggressive, immature and even emotionally disturbed children, a woman’s esteem of herself may suffer for a lifetime.

     Sexual abuse, by family…

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