Comments on: Real Life?

By: fatima

fatima — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:52:06 +0000

hey guys…i think we need to think a little more critically about these ads…I think the media is sort of guiding our choices and especially our consumer choices (like someone said how do we know whats good or bad)…i think we should look at it objectively and very critically
in teh end whether its Dove or fair and lovely (which by the same company called Unilever) they want us to buy their product
dove campaign is all good and stuff trying to promote a healthy self image….but by telling us that we are regular people and showing us that we are all regular..its promoting its own interest and that is BUY DOVE PRODUCTS
we need to think about this if we are to make smart decisions

By: Slob Evolution « Cornell Finch

Slob Evolution « Cornell Finch — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 22:57:38 +0000

[...] Hat tip: Carocat [...]

By: carocat

carocat — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:37:38 +0000

I hate that the media ‘forces’ you to think in a certain way. I mean, of course, we all have the choice to choose our own ideas/beliefs, but at the end of the day we get all these images non stop, how are we meant to know what is good or bad?

By: ish

ish — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:05:49 +0000

*feels immense pleasure at getting the credit back* Thanks Sha.

By: Sha

Sha — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:51:53 +0000

Whoops..did I credit the wrong person? Sawwwy…~steals the credit and credits Ish again~

It’s crazy…was looking at a survey done in the school and in the year below me 1 in 5 girls are on a diet…why can’t people be happy the way they are? Not everyone is a stunner and I that’s what I think Dove are trying to promote, that everyone has inner beauty so go them!!!

By: ish

ish — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:26:30 +0000

@ Sha:

They actually are sensible like Ash said

I said that.You’re stealing away my credits! And yes,you’re absolutely correct.I’ve seen my friends doing this stuff too.Going to the gym and talking about zero calorie sugar when they should be studying! We definately need to do something about the way we percieve things

By: Sha

Sha — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:11:47 +0000

Ash: Haha

I love Doves adverts. They actually are sensible like Ash said, and make alot of sense. I especially love how they prove that underneath the photoshop that there is a normal woman like us. Did anyone see their advert where they had 20 different women, of all shapes and sizes and got them to be proud about themselves on tv?

It does bring into the factor of the size zero debate..sorry guys for bringing this up repeatedly. What Ish said is correct as well…the adverts bring up this idea that we have to be perfect, be good looking, tall, thin, willowly and be the stuff of dreams..it also puts pressure on young girls as young as 14 to use all this expensive crap to make themselves look pretty. I guess that is the way the modern world is going and companies are mostly in it for the money. Anyways..enough of a mini essay.

By: Ashish C.

Ashish C. — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:25:22 +0000

Yea me too. Like GHz clock, cores, type of RAM, optical drive… oh wait thats a PC config! Probably thats why I’ve never managed to get a gf! :D

By: carocat

carocat — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:20:43 +0000

Nice response. ;)

And my post was meant in general. I don’t care about peoples looks. There are much more important characteristics.

By: Ashish C.

Ashish C. — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:19:09 +0000

We don’t want to see the man who is wasted, fat and ugly.

I don’t mind. I’ve been seeing one in the mirror for the past 17 years! :D

By: carocat

carocat — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:15:36 +0000

Yeah, the ph strip ads used to be shown in Germany. I do like what Dove do, there were some more ads recently which were quite good.

I can’t remember seeing this one on TV though. I think I have only seen it on the internet lately.

Does anyone know the name of the song btw?

By: ish

ish — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:09:17 +0000

Excellent Adverts both of them.Almost all of those cosmetics advertisements we see involve quite a lot of photoshopping,and so do all those sexy stars in movies.It’s all fake.We don’t know what real beauty is supposed to be and we don’t wanna learn either.We’re happy believing that you’re pretty only when you’re white,blonde,slim,tall,have gorgeous eyes and all that.Nobody looks at the character,it’s all the looks factor.

It’s actually good to see that Dove makes sensible adverts.They don’t show ugly ducklings becoming hot chicks after using their soaps unlike what Sunsilk and Fair and Lovely and others do.Their advert here in India has this normal looking Indian female telling that soaps are harmful because of their basic nature.So she does a ph-strip test which basically is used to tell whether a substance is acidic or basic and they show that Dove is the most mild amongst the soaps which I guess must be true.It’s always good to see sensible adverts.

By: carocat

carocat — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:24:31 +0000

Very true. No point in size zero. You can’t tell me they are happy with it….?

By: Sha

Sha — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:32:52 +0000

True…good question…but it’s the whole size zero fashion debate me thinks?