Perceptions
Women
tend to distort their perceptions of their bodies negatively, while
men—just as unrealistically—distort their perceptions in a positive,
self-aggrandizing way.
It should be no surprise that studies have shown that attractive
children tend to develop more self-confidence and have higher selfesteem than children who are perceived as less attractive. If adults
smiled approvingly and told you how cute or how pretty or how handsome you were as you were growing up, you probably felt very good
about your body and the way you looked. On the other hand, if insensitive adults said things such as, “My, she is a fat one, isn’t she?” or
“He must look like his father” (implying that he doesn’t look like his
attractive mother), you probably ended up not feeling very good
about your appearance.
Culled from Healing your emotional self by Beverly Engel
Abdulkareem,Taoheedah kehinde
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