Thursday, October 19, 2006

Dove campaign for real beauty

Click here to see how an ordinary woman is made to look model-perfect for an ad.

Very enlightening.

Very disturbing.

Dove just may be on to something here.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is really a neat site. I am printing out the workbook for dd and me to work through. Not sure I can get her to go along with it, but it will at least give me topics to bring up and ideas to try. Thanks!

Staying in Balance said...

I actually thought of your dd when I saw that there were things for mom's and daughters to do together.

Ginny said...

Wow that was unbelievable!!

Staying in Balance said...

Isn't it?!

Staying in Balance said...

I'm so sorry you experienced that. It can work both ways, though. Physically attractive people are often thought of, in general, as possessing more attractive personal qualities, when people are judging merely by surface appearance.

I think the Dove campaign can speak to both groups, though. We should not be so quick to judge another by physical appearance. Instead, we should practice virtues of kindness toward all.

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