[coldtea]

>Fair enough but the list of things that can harm a teen's self esteem is endless.

Many things are endless or numerous, that's why people prioritize dealing with a) the most important ones, b) low hanging fruits.

[orinthiscase]

of course, it’s not clear that there’s an actual, rational reason to believe this will have any positive effect, so it’s probably option c) must be seen to try something

if they could eludicate the mechanism that has this impact, they would likely also have evidence that violent video games cause male violence, or that bowser kidnapping princess peach causes sexism.

my guess is the operative pressure arises from peer groups, and this initiative is pissing in the wind