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<blockquote data-quote="MechaPilot" data-source="post: 6873880" data-attributes="member: 82779">If I want to be further educated about a topic, I cannot say that I would choose non-educational programming as my go-to source.&nbsp; Nova is a good place to learn the broad strokes of things (and they usually direct you to other more detailed sources at the end of the program).&nbsp; Downtown Abbey?&nbsp; Eh, not so much.&nbsp; To be perfectly blunt, I probably would not choose a television source at all.Now it's not like I'm saying that people in the beauty industry are some kind of monsters.&nbsp; I'm sure some are, there's always some in every industry, but most are probably just average people.&nbsp; However, when your product's purpose is to enhance the beauty of the user, the best and easiest way to create demand for that product is to play on the natural insecurity people have about their appearance.And it's not just the cosmetics and fashion industries.&nbsp; Look at gyms.&nbsp; They engage in the same marketing game of playing on our insecurities to sell memberships to men and women.&nbsp; They make men feel insecure about not having big muscles or not being completely ripped, and women feel bad about not being a size zero or not having a thigh gap you could drive a truck through.&nbsp; There's a gym in my area that specifically sells butt-enhancing training routines to women: they have posters split down the middle showing one cottage cheese butt cheek on the left, and one tight firm butt cheek on the right, and slogans like &quot;what would you rather see in the mirror&quot; and &quot;don't let your booty be a bummer.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MechaPilot, post: 6873880, member: 82779"] If I want to be further educated about a topic, I cannot say that I would choose non-educational programming as my go-to source. Nova is a good place to learn the broad strokes of things (and they usually direct you to other more detailed sources at the end of the program). Downtown Abbey? Eh, not so much. To be perfectly blunt, I probably would not choose a television source at all. Now it's not like I'm saying that people in the beauty industry are some kind of monsters. I'm sure some are, there's always some in every industry, but most are probably just average people. However, when your product's purpose is to enhance the beauty of the user, the best and easiest way to create demand for that product is to play on the natural insecurity people have about their appearance. And it's not just the cosmetics and fashion industries. Look at gyms. They engage in the same marketing game of playing on our insecurities to sell memberships to men and women. They make men feel insecure about not having big muscles or not being completely ripped, and women feel bad about not being a size zero or not having a thigh gap you could drive a truck through. There's a gym in my area that specifically sells butt-enhancing training routines to women: they have posters split down the middle showing one cottage cheese butt cheek on the left, and one tight firm butt cheek on the right, and slogans like "what would you rather see in the mirror" and "don't let your booty be a bummer." [/QUOTE]

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