YOUnique

This blog began with criticizing the media for setting standards for women and beauty in our society. Although all fingers can't be pointed to the media, it has definitely used its broad outreach to impact and influence the definition of female beauty all over the world. However, we can change these standards. YOU can change these standards.



In Vineet Nayer's article, "What Leaders Can Learn From Children," he says that unlike children, adults essentially become comfortable with boundaries. It's time that we go back to a society where women are not bounded by standards of beauty continuously defined by the media. The child in the video above delivers a strong message: Why do we allow the media to define whether or not women are beautiful? Why do women feel the need to look like someone else? Why? The question has been asked many a times. It's time to get answers.

Campaign for True Beauty or Another Beauty Standard?

Nivea has followed Dove in promoting true beauty and campaigning against the standards set for women in our society to look/feel beautiful.  Here's one of their commercials...featuring Giselle Bundchen.




Is this a campaign promoting true beauty or is it one setting another standard for beauty?