Girls are to be taught to see Shakespearean heroines such as Cleopatra as positive role models to supplant social media superstars such as Kim Kardashian, in a programme being launched at a London secondary school. Kim Kardashian is selling – let’s face it – the myth of Kim Kardashian. Cleopatra did the same thing, or at least Shakespeare’s Cleopatra did the same thing.”She added that recent evidence showing that 27% of women aged 16 to 24 suffered serious mental health problems demonstrated how important these issues were. Social media and all of the messages that come through it and the roles models it promotes are incredibly influential,” she said. And Shakespeare does that.”The HMC also heard how girls’ self-confidence and anxiety issues were being affected by bullying on social media.

Source: The Guardian October 04, 2016 22:52 UTC