As a father of two intelligent and beautiful daughters, I have pondered at times the need to inoculate our young girls against the false ideas of beauty that are emphasized so much in our culture.

Perhaps one way to combat the social virus is by exposing the lie in a very visual way. I think that the following video does just that in a short but stunning 1 minute 15 seconds:

Watch it at the Google Video website

I suggest viewing the video more than once and paying close attention to the manipulations made after the photographs are taken.