Monday, November 25, 2013

SG# 5 Up Worthy



As I research more on my writing project I am discovering more than I could ever imagine. The Web site Up Worthy is a rare find. I was looking at Facebook and saw a couple of videos from that web site that would have been perfect for my writing project. I am focusing on the medias corrosive effect on girl's and women's self esteem. The one where they create a more perfect model from the template of a real woman is shocking. The effects are so subtle that it appears that the photo is untouched. Nothing could be father from the truth. The model is an attractive woman to begin with, but for some unknown reason the persons filming her felt that she could be improved. The video of Dustin Hoffman shows that women are not the only ones affected by the standard of beauty that pervades our society. Another eye opening video is one where women are asked to describe themselves to a FBI trained forensic artist. The results were astonishing.  I believe that we all have gifts and wonders of our own. The variances in people is what makes them interesting.
   On this site a forensic artist had several women describe them selves to him, without him ever seeing them. The results were surprising and universally much more critical than the description provided by a stranger. It seems to be a sad truth that we are our harshest critics. The women in the video were average looking women, but that was not the way they saw themselves. 


Pink is right,"Change the voices in your head. Make them like you instead." If we don't like ourselves, how can we hope that others will  love and accept us?

















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4 comments:

  1. JordanDecember 1, 2013 at 6:40 PM

    I love love the Dove commercial. There should be more videos like that, and less videos of starving models walking around in their bikinis.

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  2. LuongDecember 1, 2013 at 7:42 PM

    I get the point of the Dove commercial and had wish to have seen it first rather than the "other" parody of it. I do believe that women are judging themselves too harshly and not enough confidence is there especially the younger girls. The models on those runways have gotta eat something too. Thanks for letting me know the title of the movie because I once was looking for it knowing only Dustin Hoffman was in it.

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  3. HarmonyDecember 1, 2013 at 9:14 PM

    It is such a mind blower when all we focus on is how we look when their are children starving and our world is being turned upside down for money, if we can find happiness looks mean nothing.

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  4. ProfChrisDecember 5, 2013 at 5:16 AM

    Nice work on these new entries, Sandy. Your writing flows well, and you are engaging your audience visually and intellectually. Good.

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