Why Girls Are Struggling With Their Bodies More Than Ever with Dr. Charlotte Markey

Body image researcher and Rutgers University psychology professor Dr. Charlotte Markey is back for a second time on the podcast. She has spent nearly three decades researching body image, and has written books for tweens, teens, boys, girls, and adults.

We get into so much…including:

* Body image as relational: how environment and relationships shape how we feel in our bodies

* The father dynamic, achievement culture, and how a critical home environment affects girls

* Biohacking and wellness culture as diet culture in disguise

* What happens when food gets moralized into good and bad

* Parents disparaging their own bodies and how it lands on daughters

* Body dissatisfaction across racial, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds

* Puberty: why normalizing it matters and why the conversation needs to extend beyond adolescence

* How diet culture exploits women’s hormonal life stages

* Whether there is a critical window for body image intervention

* Social media’s impact on body shame and how to learn media literacy for critical thinking and protection