Quote Originally Posted by Xander View Post
I can't really see what's wrong with those people >_> "flabbergasters"? Have you seen obese people? I don't think they even look particularly big.
I have seen obese people. Both those women are overweight though. An one of the points Dove made is about the promotion of underweight women in the media because it's unhealthy. Being overweight is no better than being underweight. An the woman in the first picture is clearly breathing in. If she's not worried about her size, why would she be doing that? It also says: "As tested on real curves". An hourglass figure is a curvy figure. Her figure is not curvy. The only defined curves are the ones she has at the side of her stomach, an that is due to breathing in.
And the old one? So what? So old people can't be beautiful? I think it's actually nicer when old people grow old gracefully and not try and look young. Being comfortable and happy in your skin is more what beauty's about.
In my opinion the old woman is hideous. If she is beautiful, who isn't? An if we're to say all people are beautiful, then the word loses all meaning. Beauty is of course a matter of opinion, but everyone can not all be equally physically attractive. Some look better than others. So they can't all be beautiful. There is a standard for beauty, just like there is a standard for intelligence for example. We're not all geniuses, an we're not all beautiful.
I'm sure they have nothing against skinny people either, it's just well using them isn't gonna show the point because MOST people worry about not being skinny enough. I think this campaign is a good thing.
Quote Originally Posted by Rye
Yeah, those girls aren't skinny, but they look healthy and pretty, not obese. That's what the campaign is about.
They're not obese, but they are overweight. An even the women I've seen dove use in their commercials that aren't overweight, don't have nice figures. If they want to encourage women to be a healthy weight, they need to show women who are a healthy weight, an make them look attractive. I can't see many women looking at them, an aspiring to look like that.