Thursday, October 21, 2010
Beauty Commercial
In class we have been talking a lot about what makes people attractive. One thing that really stuck out in my mind was the commercial by Dove about the girl Amy. I thought it was really interesting that she saw so many flaws in herself while the boy saw none. I believe that this commercial really spoke out about how critical people are on themselves. It makes us realize why girls always feel that they need to wear so much make-up. I feel that girls have a lot of pressure from society to always be looking their best while boys have basically no pressure. Also, I think our society has put such a emphasis on girls to look good and it has lead to many awful stories such as girls with eating problems, and teen suicides. I personally thought that Amy in the commercial had killed herself because she thought that she was ugly but then the people around me looked at me like an idiot when I said that. This is also similar to our school life. I notice that many girls want to wear fashionable clothes and they like to wear exotic shirts with many different patterns. However, boys like me wear jeans and a t-shit basically everyday. Its funny that people would feel that they have to look fashionable when they are just going to sit at a desk the entire day and listen to a teacher.
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I agree with you, our society has almost trained us to put an emphasis on how girls view their appearance, where guys have a lot less pressure in that aspect. That Amy video, also stuck out to me too. I think it reminds us that people are usually harder on themselves than others are on them. What seems like such a big deal to Amy, the boy doesn't even notice so it really helps put things into perspective!
ReplyDeletehaha i thought she was going tro come out looking super skinny or something. but the commercial showed low selfeseyem n i like the guy thought she was flawless. kinda like a rainbow after a storm
ReplyDeleteYou have some good ideas Joey. I agree that there is definitely more pressure put on girls in terms of they way they should look and that is kind of unfair.
ReplyDeleteI agree totally and like other people I realized that everything we see or hear actually effects us in one way or another like in the dove commercial when girls feel they have to look like that girl who doesn't exist.
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