4/13/2006

Bad hair day can crush a woman’s self esteem
CanWest—The most educated and empowered generation of women in history can still be rendered vulnerable by a bad hair day, according to a study released today. The 10-country survey revealed that two-thirds of females aged 15 to 64 will disengage from normal activity if they feel badly about their looks…. for the Dove Self-Esteem Fund, which commissioned the survey.
The bleakest statistics are from Japan, where 94 per cent of women have disengaged from normal activity because of how they look: nearly half (49 per cent) have avoided giving an opinion, 51 per cent have avoided a doctor’s visit, and 61 per cent have avoided, or would avoid, a job interview...more….

This part a larger study by DOVE (Unilever Corp.) called the “Campaign for Real Beauty.” They that found a large number of Japanese woman said they have never felt beautiful or could not remember feeling beautiful (42% total combined) as shown below. Gee, I’m going out and complementing the next 100 Japanese women I meet today.

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