I hear differing opinons. Some are irritated with its obvious marketing ploy--as ingeniuous as it is since the number one audience who pile up on beauty products are those with low self-esteem. However, Dove is a company; a business that needs to make money in order to thrive and compete. That's the black and white issue.
But what people seem to forget in their anti-dove arguments is that what other beauty company actually organizes self-esteem programs (In the UK) for young girls and puts forth an effort to inform the world that little girls hurt themselves emotionally. Personally, I wish I had something like this when I was 12-13 when I only ate 90-200 calorie meals twice a day and worked out for over an hour and was scared of the mirror. The pain started when I was 9 and realized I didn't look a thing like the adored cover-girls.
Do you honestly think that Dove is not doing the right thing?
2007-12-14 08:04:29 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Other - Beauty & Style
Did you ever notice that most women love the Dove ads and most men hate them (including my own sweet husband). Men so romanticize women! The very idea of women who aren't size 4 or less appearing in plain white underwear is very threatening to men.
2007-12-14 08:27:25 · answer #1 · answered by WENDYCAT 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I"m in my 30's and I appreciate DOVE's beauty campain. In fact my sorority along with the Girl Scouts of America have self-esteem/leadership meetings.. It's a GREAT thing for girls to be comfortable with their own bodies and NOT get so caught up with what the beauty/fashion magazines tell us we should like... It's the start of something good..
Good luck...
2007-12-14 08:11:30 · answer #2 · answered by pebblespro 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that the Dove campaign was a long time a coming. There are very few girls or women that are the ideal weight, or shape or structure. I think that their products appeal to girls that helps them realize that they can have beautiful and healthy skin by just being themselves. You don't have to be a size 2 to be pretty. I think that by Dove using "real" women, that it appeals to a broader group of people. Sure supermodels are pretty, but real people are pretty too.
2007-12-14 08:15:07 · answer #3 · answered by Kat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it is a great mesage..beauty does not always come in a small perfect package ..woman struggle to be beautiful thinking they have to conform to what the magazines say..was it a good marketing approach of course ,but it shows true beauty in a true woman...I love the commercials
2007-12-14 08:15:21 · answer #4 · answered by hieatthouse 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I appreciate it for the most part, but get a girl up there with a dunlap and some strech marks then you'll have me on board.
2007-12-14 08:22:12 · answer #5 · answered by Me, again 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that its a good message, even if perhaps the intentions are just for financial gain. I think they could do more with it. But at least someone is straying from the impossibly attainable bodies of typical models.
2007-12-14 08:10:22 · answer #6 · answered by Lady Geologist 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes
but they neglected the guys. they have body issues too and they are all out there thinking women look like that for real. they should do something for them
2007-12-14 09:06:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think it's okay, but they are hypotcrits. on the site for girls, they said that if your hair is curly, leave it curly. adn then all their "hair winners" had stright or wavy hair. i'm really hurt, dove ecause i LOVE MY CURLY HAIR! SO HA TO WHAT YOU THINK!
hope my answer helped =)
2007-12-14 08:58:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
the body shoppe
2016-05-23 23:30:45 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋