The news this morning told the story of a little girl who appeared to be singing a patriotic Chinese song, only to find out that the girl with the voice was not attractive enough to be seen by millions of people in the opening ceremonies, and hidden backstage, while a more attractive girl was lip-syncing.
How disgusting. Obviously the Olympic committee cared so little about how they were telling this girl, not in words, but actions, that she didn't measure up.
Women of all ages have been struggling for eons over self image, being bombarded by photos of women who are "perfect" and we should all aspire to be attractive over being ourselves and being valued for being individuals.
Now, the Chinese government wants to hush this up, and even have their people defending the decision, and supposedly they think the western world is making too much of this.
I don't think we are making a big enough stink about it.
Thank goodness for companies like Dove, who encourage girls to be self confident about themselves and see themselves for the beautiful people they are, not the airbrushed beauties that stare at us from magazines, billboards, movies and tv.
The Chinese people are sending a message loud and clear, maybe not the image that they want to send but one that says that physical image is everything.