Sunday, January 20, 2008

Everyone should watch

There is new TV show on Lifetime called "How to Look Good Naked". The show was brought across the pond from England. The host is Carson Kressley and he is great. The show looks at the perception that women have about their bodies. It is amazing how judgmental we are about ourselves and others. The show has a woman or women look at themselves and talk about what they see with just their undergarments on. They need to evaluate where they think they feel they should be in a line up of women based on a part of their body that they focus most negatively on. The women are shown how to dress properly from their undergarments on up. After hair and makeup, Carson tells them about the photo shoot with one caveat - you are naked. Now this isn't a center-fold spread. You are tastefully draped with flowing cloth. It ends with one of your photos projected on the side of a building. You have to ask people what they think of you naked. Overall, there are positive comments and people are generally shocked. It catches people who have to really analyze their thoughts. The first show I saw was of a very curvy woman. One of the male respondents of her photo was with his girlfriend. She obviously has issues and is very judgmental. I hope you get a chance to see it.
When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Do you see yourself as beautiful or are you judging yourself. When you look at others or your significant other, are you being judgmental or supportive? Remember that we will not all be the same shape and size. Don't assume why a person is heavy, thin or average, just be accepting and respectful. We would probably have fewer problems with self-acceptance. it took me a long time to figure that out.

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