Girl Beauty (Dove)

[standtogether11]

I feel like a lot of people are watching this and getting the wrong idea. No one is saying "it's okay to be fat." No one is saying "feel bad about yourself if you don't look like a model on a billboard." The point is to see that NATURAL beauty is, above and beyond, far more valuable than any other sort, and a lot of women can't see that. Dove evidently wishes they could.

[GotGas74]

truee daaaatt!

go ladies.

we are all beautiful

[mirptwirp]

All of those girls on there are pretty... why would people tease them? *sigh* :/

[LazyChristy]

watching this video made me feel worse....

I want to freaking cry now, thanks a lot

[LazyChristy]

... they all have perfect skin, perfect weight, hair, body proportions, etc.... thanks dove...

[dazydoo1]

This is an issue but obesity is waaay worse. Kids are getting diabetes that 10 years ago docters only thought adults could get. fat people need to lose weight!

[blackandpinknails]

when your fat and nothing thats in style fits you it is very very very hard to feel good about yourself because you nrvrt can every thing is made for people with good arms and no rolls in the mid section and then kids at school.....they dont help. espesially when u have a skinny minny that is always calling themselves fat and they llook lyk a skeliton and i just wonder what do they think about me i am sefinately no skin and bones... i wish i was

[flamingmermaid]

To infer that people dying in world conflicts being more important than self esteem adds to the feeling of shame. Our closest relationships are a microcosm of the wide world and the mother-daughter perhaps the most sacred as all our life springs from this.

[CrazeeRosie]

This whole image was created by clothes and fashion. Hundreds of years ago, dresses were made tiny and tight around the waist and arms, forcing women to be skinny. That image evolved when photography came around and modeling started. All the models were tall and thin, and that still continues today but the media is what has been pushing it.

[GodOfYouTubbe]

girls most be sexy or the will be like air!!! girls most have big breast, nice ass, sexy legs , most be slim (not a skeleton) have nice hair, have a sexy face tat screms ut cock sucker! and be more tan villing to have sex, dress sexy! that is a woman! fuck of and stop trying to stop the so called "OVERSEXUALIZATION"

[HanKang0]

Aww girls are insecure?....By the way, people are dying in Palestine at this very moment.

[aliyaJ91]

@HanKang0

If we do not help or save ourselves first, how can we even BEGIN to think of helping others? Improving the mindset of oneself is first and foremost. People were dying even as you took the time to write that comment..

[HanKang0]

Okay, you have a point.

[maggoted07]

its sad that society places so much pressure on young developing women to look a certain way, when they should all be playing in mud, without a second thought in regards to their appearance!

[AnthonyParalikas]

And whats even worse about these ad campaigns, is that they'll never get us anywhere. Having a bunch of plus size women on a billboard won't change the way people feel about beauty. What about the thousands of thin girls who lack self esteem? Now they're not beautiful?

The whole campaign was made to make money. Not for the human good.

[AnthonyParalikas]

The whole Dove "Real Beauty" campaign is bullshit. They try to enforce a message of "everybody is beautiful" and "your natural self is beautiful", yet they sell products that supposably hide and get rid of wrinkles. All they do it contradict themselves.

[funkqueeen]

yes! i agree this is so very hypocritical, they're doing it for the mone...obviously and because they know they'll get a lot of buyers on their side as they are conveying a politically correct idea!

the world is messed up!

[LacrymalNirvana]

Yeah I guess you're a bit right. But in our country, everyone's so obsessed with having fairer skin and I think it's nice that Dove doesn't sell skin whitening products here (I think).

[starburst43x]

They are doing it because they have the power to put a message through. It's not about being 'politically correct'.. that phrase doesn't even relate to this campaign! Dove is doing this to promote a certain image of their company. Of course it is an angle to get money, but the means they chose is what's important to me. As a customer, I back up Dove because i think that they stand for something worth fighting for.

[Jen803]

I just want to point out, Dove is not pro-plus size women and does not neglect thin women... it's ads are about inproving self-perceptions no matter what size, shape etc (they have an ad in which a girl talks about feeling to skinny, they address this too).

[Jen803]

I have no doubt that they hope to make money, but cannot be sure that this is all that the campaign is about--it is possible that they do care and want to sell "beauty products" that women buy (they still know women will want to wash themselves and moisturize) but not promote unreal images and even help change womens' body misconceptions.

[Jen803]

Also, they do not sell products that are to hide or get rid of wrinkles, they sell products that are designed to care for aging skin (however that may be, moisturizing etc).

[TheLynnChannel]

In school, it's not even about how you look. It's about if you talk alot, if you say intelligent things, it's about whether your a cheerleader or not. It's about 7% how beautiful you are. It does'nt matter what morons attending your school say. Some of the most beautiful girls I've ever seen at my school were constantly called ugly just because they liked reading, or cause they did'nt act like a brainless hoe-bag. The best thing to do is not to listen to them. All these girls look just fine.

[geogan]

There is nothing more beatiful than youth - these girls look very beautiful to me - obviously people your own age will be more critical because the youthful look is not a factor for them. Also men don't put girls down - other girls put girls down. It's well known fact - boys fight each other physically then forget about it, but girls bitch (ie psychologically damage) someone they don't like.

[heartsDANI]

yeah but they are some guy who put girls down too, just like me? They even told me"don't forget to wear your mask" O well how would you react if you told you that?

[LazyChristy]

@geogan So true.... The fact that guys always go for the better looking girl doesn't help either, lol..

[Kijuni]

@geogan That is not necessarily true.

When I was in school, boys would often make snide and rude comments about girls looks and it truly hurt them. I've felt it before, myself. They see these beautiful women and suddenly regular women pale in comparison, and, being young boys, their immaturity pushes them to act like they think anybody who isn't Jessica Alba or Megan Fox is unattractive and not worth their time. It's from all sides, and boys feel these pressures too. It's a truly sad situation.

[geogan]

There is nothing more beatiful than youth - these girls look very beautiful to me - obviously people your own age will be more critical because the youthful look is not a factor for them. Also men don't put girls down - other girls put girls down. It's well known fact - boys fight each other physically then forget about it, but girls bitch (ie psychologically damage) someone they don't like.

[poonypoony7]

Yes RagDollCandy I totally understand what you are saying... you feel that in reality.. inner beuty doesnt count. It's not that it doesn't count.. it's that we're too busy focusing on outer beauty to care what's inside... and thats what this dove self-esteem fund is trying to do. It's the way soceity works today... you have to look good...so you attract men. In most cases

[Peachesandsushi]

that lie, the "look good so you can atract men", was created by women. women become scared that they won't feel loved or they won't get a man so they do it to themselves, when all a man really wants is a girl who is confident. if you are confident in who you are and the way your body was made, the guys will see that. the second you start pointing out the details you hate about yourself, is the second they start seeing them too.

[poonypoony7]

if your thighs are fat or your hair is too curly or your teeth are messed or you have freckles on your face? Why is it so important to everyone to be perfect?

[poonypoony7]

why would you fuck inner beauty? And none of these are bullshit lies... exactly.. EVERYONE has inner beauty.. so everyone should feel good about themselves.. so what ,

[lennyartiste]

unfortunately, lots of people dont care about what's on the inside. but i disagree, everyone is beautiful in their own way, which sounds cheesy, but oh well.

[pacificsun03]

we need to change this! girls, all of you are beautiful, NO MATTER WHAT!

[RagDollCandy]

but that's the problem...these girls, like millions of others AREN'T beautiful. Fuck "inner beauty"..you know as well as I do, that that isn't how it works..and it will never be. We all love beautiful things, we just all can't be beauty unfortunately and these girls are just feeling the pain of truth, like the majority of us.

[summerheat]

They might not be our society's definition but they are beautiful to someone else. Don't fuck inner beauty, if someone lives to 100 years do you think they will look the same as when they are 20? Even if they had plastic surgery, there are some places where you can't hide age, hands and feet tell all. Especially your hands. They may not be beautiful but they are not ugly. So if your daughter turned out looking like one of these girls would you call them ugly?

[RagDollCandy]

They call it "inner beauty" for a reason. Beauty that is on the inside, NOT the out. That is what looks are for. It's not fair for a girl to have only her inner beauty to offer to make up for the outer. She's only lying to herself. And disolved looks from aging is much different than just being ugly.

[RagDollCandy]

And I am one of these girls, so I know. And, someone telling me how beautiful I am on the inside doesn't mean shit to me. EVERYONE has beauty on the inside.

[RagDollCandy]

And, you know that saying, "A face only a mother could love". I know plenty of mothers who constantly criticize their daughter's lack of attractiveness, so I know that even a mother can recognize it, and if I ever had a daughter I would hope to God I wouldn't see it, and if I did..I would certainly never tell her, but I also wouldn't throw her bullshit lies.

[Peachesandsushi]

you have to understand that the mothers who critisize their daughters do it because they were criticized when they were younger too. it's a very vicious cylce that can be put an end too. don't criticize your daughter is one part, but don't see yourself that way either. if you have confidence in your body, then she will too.

[RagDollCandy]

If having confidence makes you feel beautiful and in turn makes you think you look beautiful, then what are you saying is valuable? Beauty!

Don't you see?

[dazydoo1]

well then your to fat and you need to lose weight!

[RagDollCandy]

thanks baby

[Ohilde06]

great reality check on girls' self esteem issues