Why Don’t Women Feel Beautiful?
Jezebel.com has uncovered the Photoshopping of Faith Hill committed by Redbook Magazine.
It should make every woman mad. You’ll have to click this link to see it though - it is worth your time.
A. Faith Hill looked great before they ”fixed” her.
B. No wonder regular women feel bad about themselves - none of us walks around with a photoshop editor fixing our acne and wrinkles or making our actual back disappear - yet, we are told we can expect to look like this picture. NO ONE LOOKS LIKE THIS PICTURE - not even Faith Hill and it’s a picture of Faith Hill!
C. Cover tricks like this is why women and girls have unrealistic expectations of perfection. These expectations cause a low self image.
D. Why does she have to be so freaking thin? Notice she was thin enough in reality, then they left her boobs but shrunk her waste. The effect is that we start to believe that there are women out there who look like this. If we just ate less, worked out more, bought better clothes we too could look like this. Not.
E. Why can’t they just write an article and really believe Faith Hill is great just the way she really is? Why isn’t anybody ever good enough?
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4 opinions for Why Don’t Women Feel Beautiful?
Mrs. M
Oct 13, 2007 at 9:48 pm
Women do not feel beautiful because, we live in a hollow world; that everything is comsumed with external strife for perfection. Why would anyone want to distort a true picture of Faith Hill?
What messages are we reflecting to our female society? If our makeup, hair, and weight is not perfect then the rest of us feels unworthy of the title “Beautiful”.
Our New message should be, that Beauty starts from within, rooted from our soul body and spirit. Cultivated by our passions, and pursuits.
The wise must teach the daughters, sisters, cousins, families and friends that beauty is one’s authentic self journey of exploration in loving life and sharing wisdom with others to change the minds of our youth and generation to come.
Tracee
Oct 14, 2007 at 6:29 pm
I’m right there with ya Mrs. M. We do need to be more cultivating of something other than external beauty. We definately need to take a stand in our intimate circles - especially our daughters.
sarina
Feb 22, 2008 at 12:46 am
I am tired of worrying about how I look. I am twenty three years old and I have wasted too much time concerning myself with what others think. If I get an insult, or an ambiguous remark about my appearance, I can often be left feeling depressed for days or even weeks after that unless someone compliments me. Is this right? My husband thinks I am the most beautiful and objectively when I am not thinking distortedly, I usually agree I am not half-bad, but the other times are hard for everyone. Thoughts?
Tracee
Feb 22, 2008 at 7:30 am
I have quite a number of thoughts on this Sabrina. I think self criticism and loathing has become a feminine hobby and it’s directly making us feel bad about ourselves.
YOU have the power to change the way you feel about yourself. That’s a fact. Try this: look in the mirror every day for 30 days (even a week will benefit) and say, “Sabrina, you are a beautiful woman.”
If you do this I promise - guarantee - that you will feel better about your self.
Also please remember that you are a person, not a body. You’re not an object who’s purpose is to look pretty. You’re a spirit, a soul, a brain, emotions, a wife, a mother?, a lover, etc. Do not reduce your selfhood into having value only for your appearance.
Lastly, do not let other’s invalidate you. Find your core self and know that she has value - then what other’s say (others are usually talking about their own hangups more than you anyway) has no impact.
By the way “not half-bad” is not a compliment. I am lovely, I am beautiful is how your self-talk should be going if you want to feel good about who you are and how you look.
I wish you all the best,
Tracee
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