This info shocks me. Just take a look. (i can't remember where i found this... sorry! i saved this post as a draft ages ago..)
How Do You Feel About the Way You Look?
(The most-selected from a list of nine descriptors)
60s:
Grateful: 52.2%
Satisfied: 46.1%
Self-conscious: 32.6%
Dissatisfied: 28.7%
Happy: 27.4%
Teens:
Self-conscious: 50%
Satisfied: 42.9%
Grateful: 40.5%
Happy: 36.9%
Dissatisfied: 26.2%
"I see in magazines how my hair should look, and girls on TV who are 20 pounds lighter. If I had someone to do my hair and a trainer, I could be like that. But it's hard to both think that way and be happy with how you look."—Kateyln Labarre, 18, Southborough, Massachusetts
Have You Ever Used Photo-Altering Software to Change a Photograph of Yourself?
60s: 8.5%
Teens: 59.1%
Have You Ever Considered Plastic Surgery?
60s: 43.7%
Teens: 45.5%
"More teens have considered plastic surgery? One possible explanation: As you age, the trauma of elective surgery is less enticing."—Valerie Monroe
Have You Ever Had Plastic Surgery?
60s: 15.4%
Teens: 4.5%
Do You Think You Have a Healthy Body Image?
60s: 62.1%
Teens: 56.8%
Are You Happy With Your Body?
60s: 37.7%
Teens: 43.2%
"How can you believe you have a healthy body image...and not be happy with your body?"—Valerie Monroe
Why Do Your Exercise?
To Stay Healthy
60s: 65.5%
Teens: 28.6%
To Lose Weight
60s: 11.6%
Teens: 33.3%
To Change the Shape of My Body
60s: 6.5%
Teens: 19%
How Do You Think Others Would Describe the Way You Look?
Attractive: 60s: 63.2% / Teens: 39.8%
Approachable: 60s: 57.4% / Teens: 49.4%
Kind: 60s: 55.2% / Teens: 65.1%
Confident: 60s: 55.2% / Teens: 33.7%
Smart: 60s: 42.6% / Teens: 53%
Interesting: 60s: 32.3% / Teens: 33.7%
Pretty: 60s: 30.5% / Teens: 63.9%
Average: 60s: 25.6% / Teens: 49.4%
Sexy: 60s: 13.9% / Teens: 19.3%
Beautiful: 60s: 12.1% / Teens: 33.7%
Plain: 60s: 8.5% / Teens: 16.9%
Old: 60s: 6.3% / Teens: 2.4%
Exotic: 60s: 5.4% / Teens: 9.6%
Unattractive: 60s: 1.3% / Teens: 8.4%
Ugly: 60s: 0.9% / Teens: 2.4%
How can we change this thinking that there is only one type of beautiful? This post will have to continue another day. I have many thoughts on the subject. Who's with me?!
