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Girls Shout Out! 2007/Girls’ Attitudes Survey, 2010<br />
Young <strong>women</strong>’s views on sport<br />
46%<br />
69%<br />
<strong>Sport</strong>s traditionally played by boys are<br />
seen to be more important than sports<br />
played by <strong>girls</strong><br />
10-15 year olds 16-25 year olds<br />
72%<br />
48%<br />
Playing sport <strong>and</strong> being healthy are<br />
very important<br />
The importance of sport<br />
• A study by Girlguiding UK in 2007 found that<br />
<strong>young</strong> <strong>women</strong> think sports traditionally played by<br />
boys, such as rugby <strong>and</strong> football, are seen to be<br />
more important that sports played by <strong>girls</strong>. This<br />
pessimistic view increases with age<br />
•The same study found that for seven in ten 10-<br />
15 year olds, playing sport <strong>and</strong> being healthy are<br />
very important. However this view declines with<br />
age with less than half of 16-25 year olds<br />
agreeing with this statement<br />
Source: Girlguiding UK, Girls Shout Out! Survey, 2007. UK. See note 6<br />
What <strong>young</strong> <strong>women</strong> would like to change about how they look – top three responses given<br />
7-11 year olds 11-16 year olds 16-21 year olds<br />
33%<br />
21%<br />
8% 6%<br />
14%<br />
23%<br />
14%<br />
9% 9% 9%<br />
7%<br />
5%<br />
Want to be thinner Body shape Teeth Nothing<br />
Source: Girlguiding UK, Girls’ Attitudes Survey, 2010. Respondents were asked ‘If you could change one thing about the way you look, what would you change?’UK. See<br />
note 7<br />
Body confidence<br />
• A more recent study carried out by Girlguiding UK in 2010, found a significant proportion of <strong>young</strong><br />
<strong>women</strong> could identify at least one thing they would like to change about their appearance – with being<br />
thinner, body shape <strong>and</strong> teeth the three top answers given<br />
• The proportion of <strong>young</strong> <strong>women</strong> wanting to change how they look increases considerably with age – at<br />
age 7-11 23% would change nothing, but by the time they reach 16-21, just 5% are confident enough to<br />
say the same thing<br />
• Even as <strong>young</strong> as 7-11, <strong>girls</strong> are already worrying about their weight – with 8% of them wanting to be<br />
thinner. Unfortunately, the number of <strong>young</strong> <strong>women</strong> thinking this increases sizably with age. By the time<br />
they reach 16-21 – one in three <strong>young</strong> <strong>women</strong> wants to be thinner<br />
Women’s <strong>Sport</strong> <strong>and</strong> Fitness Foundation Young <strong>women</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>girls</strong>’ <strong>physical</strong> <strong>activity</strong>: December 2010
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