Women's Self-Image Of Beauty By Dave Barry

Dave Barry’s piece starts with describing what a guy should tell a woman if she asks him how she looks. This leads to the main idea of the piece, which is that women do not think about their looks the same way men do. Barry then goes onto describe how most men believe themselves to be average-looking and how they are okay with it. The piece transitions into how women have low self esteem and will never feel good enough. The author accredits women’s self esteem issues to the fact that most played with a Barbie growing up and it taught them that they were supposed to look like Barbie. Barry makes sure to emphasize that he does not buy the idea that women have become obsessed with looking a certain way, because men want women to look that way.