Comments on: How Photoshop is Contributing to Women’s Low Self-Esteem http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/06/how-photoshop-is-contributing-to-women%e2%80%99s-low-self-esteem/394 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:43:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Ibdreamy http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/06/how-photoshop-is-contributing-to-women%e2%80%99s-low-self-esteem/394#comment-3168 Ibdreamy Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:28:40 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/06/how-photoshop-is-contributing-to-women%e2%80%99s-low-self-esteem/394#comment-3168 I meant to leave a comment here days ago but I guess it's better late then never..I wanted to say thank you for the trackback and also for mentioning me in your post. We do think alike. Looking older will probably never be fun but I'd like to think eventually I'll feel more comfortable with that and enjoy the wisdom I gain as I get older. With years has come my ability to relate to other people and not to have a closed mind that seems to come with being young and dumb and my ability to find the positive in even bad situations and I'm not as self centered as I was in my twenties and how good it feels to love someone like I do my children..unconditionally and how I've learned to give without strings and learning that it's rewarding to do it. So, yeah not being twenty sucks but being 35 ain't so bad either. *wink* Thanx again! ~ Barbara ~ ibdreamy.com I meant to leave a comment here days ago but I guess it’s better late then never..I wanted to say thank you for the trackback and also for mentioning me in your post. We do think alike. Looking older will probably never be fun but I’d like to think eventually I’ll feel more comfortable with that and enjoy the wisdom I gain as I get older. With years has come my ability to relate to other people and not to have a closed mind that seems to come with being young and dumb and my ability to find the positive in even bad situations and I’m not as self centered as I was in my twenties and how good it feels to love someone like I do my children..unconditionally and how I’ve learned to give without strings and learning that it’s rewarding to do it. So, yeah not being twenty sucks but being 35 ain’t so bad either.
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Thanx again! ~ Barbara ~ ibdreamy.com

]]> By: Suzanne http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/06/how-photoshop-is-contributing-to-women%e2%80%99s-low-self-esteem/394#comment-2623 Suzanne Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:22:33 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/06/how-photoshop-is-contributing-to-women%e2%80%99s-low-self-esteem/394#comment-2623 Has anyone noticed that when you watch French and British movies people actually look like real people? Especially in the French movies somewhat normal and often older women are objects of sexual desire, frankly ugly men like Gerard Depardieu can be heroes. It always strikes me -- "Wow! Why are these people the focus of the film?" But then I get into it and it reminds me how pernicious this need for physical perfection is. I wonder sometimes how women like Scarlett Johansen (who appears to have her own breast, lips and beauty) must feel about other starlets who are buying these attributes. Johansen would have been Marilyn Monroe in an earlier era when it was harder to 'get the look.' Has anyone noticed that when you watch French and British movies people actually look like real people? Especially in the French movies somewhat normal and often older women are objects of sexual desire, frankly ugly men like Gerard Depardieu can be heroes. It always strikes me — “Wow! Why are these people the focus of the film?” But then I get into it and it reminds me how pernicious this need for physical perfection is.

I wonder sometimes how women like Scarlett Johansen (who appears to have her own breast, lips and beauty) must feel about other starlets who are buying these attributes. Johansen would have been Marilyn Monroe in an earlier era when it was harder to ‘get the look.’

]]> By: Jennifer F http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/06/how-photoshop-is-contributing-to-women%e2%80%99s-low-self-esteem/394#comment-2589 Jennifer F Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:44:52 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/06/how-photoshop-is-contributing-to-women%e2%80%99s-low-self-esteem/394#comment-2589 Whether it's good or bad, I've often mimicked certain celebrities in terms of style, hair, make up etc. However, I can honestly say that looking at movie stars and looking at pictures in magazines have never made me feel bad about myself. I've always known about touch ups, and beyond that, these celebrities spend HOURS with personal trainers, massage therapists, make-up artists and more. Their lives are spent maintaining their looks. If we had endless amounts of cash and limited responsibilities, I'm sure we'd all look like them too. Whether it’s good or bad, I’ve often mimicked certain celebrities in terms of style, hair, make up etc. However, I can honestly say that looking at movie stars and looking at pictures in magazines have never made me feel bad about myself. I’ve always known about touch ups, and beyond that, these celebrities spend HOURS with personal trainers, massage therapists, make-up artists and more. Their lives are spent maintaining their looks. If we had endless amounts of cash and limited responsibilities, I’m sure we’d all look like them too.

]]> By: Kacey http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/06/how-photoshop-is-contributing-to-women%e2%80%99s-low-self-esteem/394#comment-2555 Kacey Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:16:34 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/06/how-photoshop-is-contributing-to-women%e2%80%99s-low-self-esteem/394#comment-2555 I know I feel better about myself after seeing the pre-post touchups! I know I feel better about myself after seeing the pre-post touchups!

]]> By: Dara Chadwick http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/06/how-photoshop-is-contributing-to-women%e2%80%99s-low-self-esteem/394#comment-2548 Dara Chadwick Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:42:00 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/06/how-photoshop-is-contributing-to-women%e2%80%99s-low-self-esteem/394#comment-2548 Indeed. And just imagine the next generation of girls, growing up with mothers who feel good about the way they look. Powerful role models of positive body feelings! But, alas, if women felt good about themselves and their bodies, imagine the plummeting profits of the cosmetics, advertising and cosmetic surgery industries. These re-touched images simply spur us on to buy more of that face cream, this magazine with the "secret" to looking beautiful or that surgery that promises to finally rid us of our low self-esteem. Sigh. Indeed. And just imagine the next generation of girls, growing up with mothers who feel good about the way they look. Powerful role models of positive body feelings!

But, alas, if women felt good about themselves and their bodies, imagine the plummeting profits of the cosmetics, advertising and cosmetic surgery industries. These re-touched images simply spur us on to buy more of that face cream, this magazine with the “secret” to looking beautiful or that surgery that promises to finally rid us of our low self-esteem.

Sigh.

]]> By: kerry silicone2000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/06/how-photoshop-is-contributing-to-women%e2%80%99s-low-self-esteem/394#comment-2543 kerry silicone2000 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:26:58 +0000 http://beautyandthebreast.org/2008/07/06/how-photoshop-is-contributing-to-women%e2%80%99s-low-self-esteem/394#comment-2543 I really truley feel better about myself, WOW!!! The lady in the black dress is made to have more curves...the eyes on alot of these faces....there like mine on the before pictures...and i feel its ok, thank you for sharing these, this is way more realistic! I really truley feel better about myself, WOW!!! The lady in the black dress is made to have more curves…the eyes on alot of these faces….there like mine on the before pictures…and i feel its ok, thank you for sharing these, this is way more realistic!

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