Ode to human beauty 20 November 2007
Posted by Jc in Health, Society.2 comments
The Dove Self-Esteem Fund tries to make girls and parents aware that a huge pressure rests upon us from the commercial world to change our appearance in order be perfect. Their video Evolution was widely known and is quite shocking. It proves that the possibilities with programs like photoshop are incredible!
Now Dove has a new video called Onslaught. The video visualises the influence the media has on girls, in yet again a very sharp way!
Be sure to watch Amy too on Dove Self-Esteem Fund. It really makes you think. I can only encourage initiatives like this. It’s impossible to be perfect By showing these images that aren’t human anymore, we are only given an inhuman image of beauty. You want to look better? Eat fruit, do some sport once a week and take care of personal hygiene. That’s the healthy way of living, and healthy people are generally perceived as more beautiful. What’s more, remember that your BMI has to be between 18,5 and 25 to be healthy. The image we’re given had one of way below 20. Still not convinced? Next time you see an add of perfume, shoes or whatever, where there is a woman sitting down, showing of her leggs, try to make them stand up in your mind. The proportions are all wrong. You are normal, they are “the freaks”.
