This is upsetting...

So I was listening to the radio today and they had results of recent National Poll
The question was: do you think you are beautiful?
And 98% of American women answered no!
So I made this poll to see if all you women believe you are truely beautiful. Feel free to explain.

I guess I shouldnt be too shocked because I do fall into that category, but 98% is quite a large number. What has happened to make all these women think they are so inferior? Is it all media?!

 

i dunno. i think a great deal of false modesty and being thought a conceited bitch if you think you're beautiful plays more into it than ACTUALLY not thinking you're beautiful. people can't even admit anonymously that they think they're beautiful for fear of being conceited. fuck that. it's not conceit, it's a truth.

i think i'm gorgeous.

 

I don't think it is just the media, religion as well; especially christianity (no offence to christians) promotes hate of women and the female body. Women are taught to be ashamed of their body so they begin to hate it, especially as puberty sets in. By the way, I don't really know that this is true, it's just what I believe.

 

I'd be curious to know where the sample was taken from. Remember, statistics are inaccurate 90% of the time. tongue: )

 

i absolutely think im beautiful.

 

i think i am beautiful on the inside and out . But i do needs to lose a bit of weigh thats what is tearing my self esteem down a bit

 

I have to agree with this post, b/c American women- does that encompass all women who answered who considered themselves to be American? How many were asked that question? What if only 100 women were asked? What if these women were all suffering from depression (just speculation!) or pestimistic? If you ask 100 beauty queens if they thought they were beautiful, you would have a much different answer than, say, people who had body images. This study or survey or whatever it was has no real bearing until one looks at how it was done.

Also, 78% of statistics are made up on the spot.

Peace and love

 

Yeah I know what you mean. I don't care if people think I'm conceited, I know I'm beautiful and I love myself... how is that being conceited or how is it wrong at all? Everyone should love themselves.
I think its sad so many women hate the way they look. Of course I think our society is a big part of that... not only teaching us to be ashamed of sex and our bodies but also the pressure we have to look a certain way. Fuck that... it doesn't matter what other people think. You only have one body and its beautiful because its yours and its you and everyone and their bodies are all so different and that in itself is beautiful.

Please learn to love yourselves! Its the best thing you can do.

 

well, and a lot of men feel threatened by a woman who finds herself beautiful. of course not every man is goin to find you to his taste, but for some reason they think we should care about their individual opinion than we do. what nonsense. frequently those men, who feel threatened by a woman who doesn't need their compliments will go out of their way to "put you back in your place." which means really, under their bootheel.

 

I honestly think everyone is beautiful no matter what. Just because some women dont look like what society thinks they should look like doesnt mean there not beautiful. Thats why everyone was made to look different. I tell myself all the time that im not beautiful because im fat and dont look like those models but deep down i know that i am, inside and out. Every single person in this world, men and women, are beautiful no matter what. The people that say otherwise are just stuck up bitches. People dont realize how bad it hurts when someone says to another that there ugly and not beautiful and i know that because im someone who was teased my whole life for being overweight and having bad skin and i was hurt so bad that now im anorexic and have been on and off since 8th grade and i see a psychologist once a week. And i dont see the psychologist just because i got teased and everything, i have some other problems also. I just wish everyone would stop the bullshit and just be kind and nice to people wether there small or big, or purple or yellow. People should asks themselves what the real difinition for beautiful is before they tell someone or tell themseleves that there not.

 

I don't see how a certain size = beauty. People were made to come in all shapes and sizes and I think everyone is beautiful too in their own way. Its great when you notice everyone's beauty.

 

*shrugs* im not beautiful. i sometimes have pretty days where i look better than others, but im not beautiful or drop dead gorgeous. yeah, my bf disagrees with me on that but, meh. im not hideous either, just not beautiful, more like average

 

*snorts* get thee back to the basement and stare at yourself in the ceiling mirror, woman.

 

i just have to confess, i'm an utterly gorgeous sack of potatoes at the moment.

 

yes mistress!

 

i think women in particular have a hartime telling themselves they are beautiful because theres just so much competition. Maybe i'm wrong.


Example i can give is my sister is such a snot ;
shes one of those types that want to get attention dye the hair get the nails done and when she sees me its just oh its just you ya so and.... i don't get the hair the nails put TONS of make up on.

i put make up on, but i don't pack it on. Also my sister said one time the reason why i tan so much is because i'll look better in my coffin you'll look like shit. Thats why i think women have such a low self image is because of competition

 

I know I'm beautiful, but that might have to do with the fact that I am an only child and favorite grandchild who has been told that all her life. Nevertheless, I make sure to tell my girlfriends they're beautiful, because every girl should hear it from time to time and they might not be so lucky to have supportive people in their family like I do.

 

thanks to my wonderful boyfriend I feel beautiful. He tells me how beautiful I'm everyday.

 

FusionHippy ~ I am "Christian" and I know for dang sure I am beautiful. The islamic women have to cover their whole bodies with hijab and women arent allowed to be seen publicly without that on in some countries. Sorry, that ruffled my feathers a bit.

Anyway, I know that I have natural beauty. I am not stuck up about it because we are all beautiful, even if it is in our own ways. ~ Beauty is in the eye of the beholder ~

Screw what Hollywood says...

 

I used to be the no category, but I realized that hey this is what I have I can embrace it or be depressed. I looked in the mirror for a few weeks and picked out 10 things Id like about my self everyday, helped me. Theres still moments when I feel insecure but everyone feels that ways sometimes.