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How Gen Z Girls Were Turned Into Objects - Freya India | #78
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- The Next Generation
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- May 10, 2026
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- 5287
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Summary
Are girls’ standards too high or too low? Has growing up with p*rn damaged us? How can we even know what’s normal in a relationship? I welcome back Gen Z writer Freya India to discuss these questions and more. Is our generation cooked or are things starting to turn around? Freya’s book, ‘GIRLS®: Generation Z and the Commodification of Everything’, is out now! https://www.amazon.com/dp/1250442222/ Freya’s Substack: https://www.freyaindia.co.uk/ Try Jamie AI and use my code ELLIOT to get 20% off: https://www.jamie-ai.com/ CHAPTERS 00:00 Girls have transformed from people into products 00:58 Freya’s experience growing up 02:54 Is this phenomenon unique? 08:54 How normal is cheating? 12:00 Gen Z don’t have language for what they’re going through 14:45 Shouldn’t liberal girls hate being commercialised? 17:33 Influencers are way more extreme than ever before 22:32 How can you tell which influencers to trust? 27:20 Are we over-entertained? 29:21 What’s been the most disturbing secret you’ve uncovered? 31:44 Growing up with p*rn 38:11 Elliot overshares about his p*rn… mishap 41:25 Snapchat trends 42:42 Filters made us feel ugly 48:45 Will there be a Gen Z backlash? 55:55 Our standards are not too high, they’re too low 1:01:16 Reality now reflects social media 1:06:28 What’s been the reaction to your book? 1:10:21 The most harrowing thing to write about 1:12:26 Social media is turning everyone into teenage girls 1:14:42 Women use brashness as a defence mechanism 1:17:55 We can’t handle imperfect 1:21:53 What would be your advice to a 10 year old girl? 1:24:25 Which emotions should we lean into? 1:26:58 What’s next? ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION: In a world saturated by social media and marked by skyrocketing rates of anxiety, depression, and ADHD among Gen Z, young people are growi…