Why are women so addicted about their fb use, & why do they need validation from others (plz read details)?

[Ron]

One of my really close female friends is addicted to facebook. She had a really terrible last relationship with this guy, who even raped her. I talked to my friend everyday for a decent amount of time, and helped her recover. Then she had other superficial/flakey friends before, and being friends with them on getting notifications of their actions on facebook was giving her anxiety problems. I told her to cut them off, or keep things very limited with them. I also advised her to limit her fb use, so she wouldn't be anxious about what others thought of her. She unfollowed those friends, but didn't really limit her fb use.

On St. Pat's day, she had a party at her home. She had people over, and posted the event on her profile. I've been telling her to use the message/inbox option on fb, instead of writing things on her wall, because others can see it. On St Pat's day, a close friend of her ex texted her, and told her to meet him outside her apt building, he just wanted to say hi to her. She told him, ok, I'll meet you downstairs. This guy should have had no idea where my friend lived, because she never told him.

I told my friend after that incident that she needed to be out of reach of most people, she is very accessible to others. Unwanted people can reach her through fb profile, her phone number, even her home address. I told her she had to change her phone number, possibly her home address too. And limit her fb use. She got defensive with me, that she has not been using fb as much.

And today, she just used the "check-in" option on fb, telling everyone exactly where she is. When she takes a pic with someone, she always posts it to her profile for others to see. Why do women need the validation of others? Why are they addicted to fb, but get defensive about it?

[Lumanae]

Well that's an individual thing. Not a female thing. I am no longer on Facebook. I got off like 2 months ago. Facebook is a big self esteem crusher for me, and it was really harmful to my mental health so I just got off. Things aren't really different since I still have Instagram lol but yeah not all females are addicted to facebook.