In addition, it noted that 45 per
cent of girls do not see the relevance of the skills they learn in PE to their lives, compared to 60 per cent of boys.
Even more troubling is that 45 per
cent of girls do not see the relevance of the skills they learn in PE to their lives and ultimately, issues with confidence, self ‑ consciousness, the pressure of academic school work and lack of encouragement from teachers and parents, all hold teenage girls back from being physically active.
Not exact matches
Around 20 per
cent of girls from ethnic minority backgrounds are not being vaccinated against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) because they feel they don't need to have it, according to a Cancer Research UK survey presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference in Liverpool.
Unvaccinated
girls from black backgrounds were most likely — 20 per
cent of those surveyed — to say their parents
did not allow them to have the vaccination but without providing further explanation.
Dr Alice Forster, study author and Cancer Research UK scientist at University College London, said: «Although around 87 per
cent of girls in the UK
do have the vaccine it's concerning to see that some
girls from some ethnic minority groups feel they don't need to have it.
Researchers found that 17 per
cent of girls from black backgrounds and 22 per
cent of girls from Asian backgrounds who hadn't been vaccinated said that they
did not need the vaccination and the reasons they gave included that they
did not expect to be sexually active before marriage.
We arrived at the
Cents of Style wall and she saw some
girls doing a photo shoot, so she wanted a photo shoot.
My 2
cents: — LOVE Washable Wednesday — please don't change — one day for maternity clothes — definitely need at least once a week because although pregnancy is a short period it is a hard time for shopping for stylish work appropriate clothing — one day for nursing or pumping items — one day for baby or kid gear (strollers, lunch bags, great clothes for mini-corp * rettes — so hard to find stuff that's not pink / purple but still a bit girly — e.g. when Land's End finally brought in a
girls version
of their astronaut t - shirt.)
Looking like a 10 -
cent Matthew McConaughey version
of the «cool» kid who came to pitch for the «Bad News Bears,» he sports wispy facial hair, aviator shades, ugly shirts and an in - script - only sexual charisma that gets scantily - clad
girls to
do his bidding when he walks up to them and says «You wan na make out?»
When asked as part
of the post-event survey a third (33 per
cent)
of girls in this age group said they knew what engineers
do.