How Do Women Really Feel About How They Look?
We asked women in their early 60s and late teens to take a survey about body image. How do they compare? You may be surprised.
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
Are You Concerned About Aging?
60s: 67.6%
Teens: 43.2%
"Guaranteed: In five years, these teens will wonder what they were concerned about!"—Valerie Monroe
From the
November 2011 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
