Modern culture has ripped away girls’ childhood, taking their joy with it | Elle Hunt

A new survey shows that young women are less hopeful than ever of emerging on the other side.

The happiness of seven- to 21-year-olds plummeting to its lowest level since 2009 .

Young women today are coming of age in a media environment where even girls from a nearby school can present themselves on Instagram with a flawless celebrity sheen.

Young women today have just cause to be concerned but our culture reflects it back at them at every turn, magnified.

Even their pop music through to the 21st century , an expression of youthful exuberance and escape, a means of connection and collective euphoria is slower, sadder and more siloed.