I have acquired a few female friends over the last couple years. They often open up to me and we have very personal conversations. One thing i have noticed is that most females have struggled or are still struggling with self esteem issues. It seems almost ubiquitous among them. This is especially true for the extremely attractive ones, and the extremely unattractive ones. Its gotten to the point where when a new female friend or romantic partner gets candid with me, i can predict that they will reveal to me that they secretly have self esteem issues.

It always amazes me because alot of these women are very good looking and get tons of external praise from both men and women. Maybe they secretly know that they are not that special inside? It seems like the low self esteem is completely unjustified. Alot of these chicks are upper middle class, and have alot going for them. Im not sure what it is. Maybe its the media(body image thing), or maybe its physiological. I don't want to overgeneralize here, not all women have self worth issues but the majority do.

I realize that all men also have some sort of self esteem issues but i don't think its as common or as severe as female self esteem issues are. The problem is so bad that on college campuses they have whole organizations just dealing with female self esteem. Any other men/women notice this?

It depends on what they complain about, 'self esteem' is a broad term. ( a total evealuation of one's/ persons' worth), and it is not just how they are being perceived that bothers them, but what they are not.