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 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%
Next: Dear every woman I know, including me
From the
November 2011 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
