The Ugly Truth About Beauty By Dave Barry

Difference in Perception Between Men and Women Do you ever wonder if men and women have any differences in the way they think about themselves? In the essay, “The Ugly Truth About Beauty” Dave Barry provides a few examples on how men and women think about themselves. Men and women have different perception of themselves. They look at themselves in the mirror and they have different reactions. Men tend to look at themselves in the mirror and say, “I look okay,” and will move on. Women tend to look at themselves in the mirror and would always say something like “I look horrible.” Women tend to find little flaws and be irritated about the imperfections. Men and women have different perception about their looks; some men don’t even care about their looks, while most women always think they look awful. Is the difference because women want to look like someone they admire, or the pressure

He writes, “There are many complex psychological and societal reasons, by which I mean "Barbie. Girls grow up playing with a doll proportioned such that, if it were human, it would be seven feet tall and weigh 81 pounds, of which 53 pounds would be bosoms.” Dolls such as a Barbie made for little girls tend to be skinny and beautiful. Therefore, girls at the young age think that they need to look like dolls they played with. As they grow, they have the Barbie dolls in mind and tend to do everything they can to look like Barbie. The article “Why Do Women Think They are Fat When They Are Not, ”also provides couple of examples in which women want to look like someone they admire the article says, “People talk about how beautiful Angelina Jolie is, but when women look at her, the first thing they notice is thin. Therefore, the association of thin and beautiful is made.” Women think they should look like tall, thin models they see on popular TV shows, magazines, movies. Most women have low self-esteem