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I agree that this "study" is completely unscientific. But I think it definitely opens up a direction for further inquiry. A counter to your point about politen
by xwowsersx 14y ago
I agree that this "study" is completely unscientific. But I think it definitely opens up a direction for further inquiry.
A counter to your point about politeness skewing the results is that the women who were shown the sketches of themselves afterwards clearly seemed to react in such a way that indicated that they realized they were too harsh on themselves, that they had negative views of their appearance which was unjustified, and that they were relieved/flattered to see how strangers saw them. So, it's not a proof of anything, but I'm just pointing out that womens' description of themselves seemed to be pretty reflective of how they genuinely viewed themselves.
- jtheory 14y agoQuite right -- I think there is something actually interesting here. That's why I was so frustrated that they just went with the publicity stunt when this could have been real. it would have been a bit harder to spin into a slick documentary, but it would have been much more valuable.
- xwowsersx 14y agoRight. But at the end of the day, this was a marketing short...they gotta pay the bills. Dove isn't in the business of doing research :)