Interesting experiment.

I'm wondering how many women here have the same issue?
How many see themselves completely differently from the description that other people have?
Who sees only the negative?
 
When I first saw this I thought how interesting to be to do this. I don't know if I could describe myself though.
 
When I first saw this I thought how interesting to be to do this. I don't know if I could describe myself though.

I know, right?!
I tried to write down how I would describe myself, and apart from feeling a little silly doing it, I found it incredibly difficult!
 
"When I look in the mirror, I tend to focus on the things I don’t like. The blemishes. My hair never looks quite right. "

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and on that note...

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I liked what the woman said at the end. "Women should spend less time analyzing and trying to fix the things that aren't quite right; and we should spend more time appreciating the things we do like."

But that goes for men as well.
 
I liked what the woman said at the end. "Women should spend less time analyzing and trying to fix the things that aren't quite right; and we should spend more time appreciating the things we do like."

But that goes for men as well.

Trouble is, most women don't like much about themselves at all.
And if they do, there's no way in hell they'd actually say so!
 
Well, maybe that's part of the problem.

You only have to look at lit to see why - a lot of the time when women claim something about themselves is awesome, a bunch of.cretins come in and shoot her down.
Happens in r/l too, only there it's more snide and bitchy.
No wonder women are reluctant to point out their positives! When they do, they're regarded as vain or self-involved.
 
You only have to look at lit to see why - a lot of the time when women claim something about themselves is awesome, a bunch of.cretins come in and shoot her down.
Happens in r/l too, only there it's more snide and bitchy.
No wonder women are reluctant to point out their positives! When they do, they're regarded as vain or self-involved.

So it's still someone else's problem to fix. Yeah, that approach always works.
 
So it's still someone else's problem to fix. Yeah, that approach always works.

Where did you get that from?
I waa pointing out that self-depreciation was a learned behaviour!

I will.admit thougb - most often it is other women that call women out if they try and talk themselves up.
 
Where did you get that from?
I waa pointing out that self-depreciation was a learned behaviour!

I will.admit thougb - most often it is other women that call women out if they try and talk themselves up.

So what are you going to do about it?
 
I don't know WQ. I saw the ad on TV and I thought about how I see myself.

People tell me I'm pretty. Hawt even. It's nice of them. I just don't see myself exactly the way they do. That doesn't mean I don't feel pretty or sexy or hawt, because I do. I'm pretty sure a lot of women feel the same.
 
Some days I am totally vain. I have lovely eyes, nice lips and a warm smile. I have great legs and a nice arse.

Other days I just see wobbly belly, blemished skin, rolls under my chin, fat thighs. From what I can gather, all women go through these waves of vanity to self disgust.

One of my biggest problems is believing people when they say I look better when I am above my preferred weight range. It's something I'm trying to get my head around at the moment. I've been told I have a borderline eating disorder so I'm trying to believe my friends and family. Hubby likes the bigger boobs and apparently I just look softer and curvier. Other than the boobs, I don't see it.
 
Some days I am totally vain. I have lovely eyes, nice lips and a warm smile. I have great legs and a nice arse.

Other days I just see wobbly belly, blemished skin, rolls under my chin, fat thighs.

Yes. This.

Oh, you know what you were saying about the whole vanity thing? Yeah, I tend to spend more time in the mirror saying, "Fuck, look at my thighs ffs" on a fat thigh day than when I'm feeling good about myself.
 
Some days I am totally vain. I have lovely eyes, nice lips and a warm smile. I have great legs and a nice arse.

Other days I just see wobbly belly, blemished skin, rolls under my chin, fat thighs. From what I can gather, all women go through these waves of vanity to self disgust.

One of my biggest problems is believing people when they say I look better when I am above my preferred weight range. It's something I'm trying to get my head around at the moment. I've been told I have a borderline eating disorder so I'm trying to believe my friends and family. Hubby likes the bigger boobs and apparently I just look softer and curvier. Other than the boobs, I don't see it.

There is something to be said for the voluptuous body type.
 
Males fret about performance, females fret about appearances.

Males fret about results, females fret about processes (how they get the results).

Males fret about what they have, females fret about reputation.

Males speak to the world, females speak to other females.
 
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