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I’ve always said women are their own and each other’s worst enemies. When it comes to the way our bodies look, we’re harder on ourselves than men will ever be.
They don’t really care. Actually, they like faces.
Yes, you read that right, research has shown that men judge the attractiveness of a woman not by how thin she is, how big her breasts are or how perfectly round her butt is, but by looking at her face.
Ok, I’m going to add “most” men because you do get those shallow types who for some or other reason like models (read skeletons).
We as women are so hard on ourselves we have a completely distorted view of how other people see us. That’s scary.
All the Cosmopolitan and sister magazines have warped what is considered beautiful into something unnatural and unhealthy, and if we dare deviate just a little bit from their ideal woman we’re called ugly and fat.
Everywhere we look we’re bombarded with figures that we’re told are women but could just as well be men. They’ve stripped themselves of everything that makes them women – no breasts, no hips, no buttocks – just sticks.
Luckily Dove has been at the forefront of changing what society view as beautiful back to what is truly beautiful – healthy, curvy, sensual women. It started with their Real Beauty campaign that kicked off in 2004 and they’re, to this day, still pushing boundaries.
In a recent social experiment Dove asked women to describe how they see themselves to a sketch artist. This sketch was then compared to one where the same woman was described by a random stranger.
The results aren’t surprising. All seven see themselves as old and overweight women – a stark contrast to how they really look. What is surprising is only 4 percent of ALL the women in the world consider themselves as beautiful.
Only 4 percent!
That’s a drop in the ocean. How did it come to this? How did we go from the classic beauties in paintings like The Birh of Venus by Botticelli to anorexic models on front pages of magazines? Magazines run by women, for women…
I’m lucky that I can see the beauty in the people around me but most importantly in myself. I just wish that more women would realise how beautiful they are. Self-esteem issues are horrible to deal with, it turns what could be a wonderful life into one filled with insecurities and heartache.
To those who can’t see themselves for the sensual, sexy and hot women they are I am going to steal Dove’s kicker and say: You are more beautiful than you think.
Stop comparing yourself to what strangers consider as good looking. Listen to your friends and family when they tell you you are beautiful. Tell yourself you are gorgeous and BELIEVE it. You belong in the 4 percent
Miss_Muse is a Women24 reader and blogs on Women24's blogging platform. You can read more on her blog here.
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They don’t really care. Actually, they like faces.
Yes, you read that right, research has shown that men judge the attractiveness of a woman not by how thin she is, how big her breasts are or how perfectly round her butt is, but by looking at her face.
Ok, I’m going to add “most” men because you do get those shallow types who for some or other reason like models (read skeletons).
We as women are so hard on ourselves we have a completely distorted view of how other people see us. That’s scary.
All the Cosmopolitan and sister magazines have warped what is considered beautiful into something unnatural and unhealthy, and if we dare deviate just a little bit from their ideal woman we’re called ugly and fat.
Everywhere we look we’re bombarded with figures that we’re told are women but could just as well be men. They’ve stripped themselves of everything that makes them women – no breasts, no hips, no buttocks – just sticks.
Luckily Dove has been at the forefront of changing what society view as beautiful back to what is truly beautiful – healthy, curvy, sensual women. It started with their Real Beauty campaign that kicked off in 2004 and they’re, to this day, still pushing boundaries.
In a recent social experiment Dove asked women to describe how they see themselves to a sketch artist. This sketch was then compared to one where the same woman was described by a random stranger.
The results aren’t surprising. All seven see themselves as old and overweight women – a stark contrast to how they really look. What is surprising is only 4 percent of ALL the women in the world consider themselves as beautiful.
Only 4 percent!
That’s a drop in the ocean. How did it come to this? How did we go from the classic beauties in paintings like The Birh of Venus by Botticelli to anorexic models on front pages of magazines? Magazines run by women, for women…
I’m lucky that I can see the beauty in the people around me but most importantly in myself. I just wish that more women would realise how beautiful they are. Self-esteem issues are horrible to deal with, it turns what could be a wonderful life into one filled with insecurities and heartache.
To those who can’t see themselves for the sensual, sexy and hot women they are I am going to steal Dove’s kicker and say: You are more beautiful than you think.
Stop comparing yourself to what strangers consider as good looking. Listen to your friends and family when they tell you you are beautiful. Tell yourself you are gorgeous and BELIEVE it. You belong in the 4 percent
Miss_Muse is a Women24 reader and blogs on Women24's blogging platform. You can read more on her blog here.
Follow Women24 on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
