Orchard Park Survey

In order to determine the accuracy of my hypothesis, I created a survey and distributed the survey out to 46 students attending Orchard Park Secondary School. This was done in order to shed more light on the topic, my inquiry and hypothesis. I was hoping to see that self – esteem issues can be present in both males and females equally; however, that was not the case. The survey conducted serves as a way of means to determine how students feel about themselves. Nobody is perfect, everyone knows this; however, if given the chance I would not change anything about myself. The student body of Orchard Park disagrees. About 55 percent (Appendix 1) of people who took this survey would change a physical attribute about themselves such as their eyes,

On question on my survey was whether if a person ever compares themselves to the same gender and if they did, what their usual thoughts are. About 73.9 percent (Appendix 4) of the people who answered this survey admit to comparing themselves to someone of the same gender. In this survey, 16 out of 24 females, that is 66.7 percent, (Appendix 4), state that their usual thoughts are categorized under beauty, appearance, and health, for example, one may wish they were skinny as another girl or beautiful like her. Some of negatives thoughts were “I wish I was pretty like her… I’m not smart, pretty, fit or attractive as them… how is she so pretty unlike me who is ugly”, while some of the positive thoughts were “I always think of myself as a unique individual, I also don’t really care what society may think of me physically because I am not trying to impress them… I am beautiful”. These kinds of negative thought are not healthy for anyone as it can lead to mental health issues, eating disorders, and physical health issues. These kinds of positive thoughts show that many are not affected with what society has to say and will enjoy their body and like just the way it

The answer was not as hoped. About 91.3 percent (Appendix 5) of the people believe that females have a lower self- esteem. Why do 91.3 percent of the people who took this survey believe that females have a lower self- esteem? Simply because females wear piles of makeup, feel the need to lose weight, and follow trends displayed on social media to fit in with society and their societal rules. With all this pressure and standards to be pretty, fit, and be fashion, it is no wonder females have a lower self-