What is Beauty? Physical beauty will fade over time, but true beauty (virtue) is timeless
Image via Wikipedia Mothers, did you know that only 2 percent of women would describe themselves as beautiful? 1 Are you in that small sampling? Is your daughter in that small sampling? After discussing in depth the lies both we and our daughters have been told regarding the narrow definition of beauty, we are left with the task of redefining beauty. Only then can we pass along a healthy definition to our daughters. What exactly is beauty? The Dove Campaign asked women and found that: Seventy-seven percent strongly agree that beauty can be achieved through attitude, spirit, and other attributes that have nothing to do with physical appearance . Eighty-nine percent strongly agree that a woman can be beautiful at any age. Eighty-five percent state that every woman has something about her that is beautiful. 2 Interestingly, the study found that two-thirds of women strongly agree that physical attractiveness is about how one looks, whereas beauty includes much more of who a perso