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"Well, that was quick work. Of course, you had to expect that the powerful Dove ad campaign that&amp;#x27;s been making the rounds would eventually have several dozens of parody videos. (In fact, Vitamin G blogger Lexi and I have our own idea here; don&amp;#x27;t steal it!) And with the typical lightning speed of the Internet, there already is one. And since it centers on men and their supposedly very lofty opinions of themselves, I had to share it on Smitten: Oh man. Having known&amp;amp;#8212;and dated&amp;amp;#8212;some guys who I&amp;#x27;m pretty sure really did see George Clooney looking back at them when they stood in front of the mirror, I can&amp;#x27;t say this didn&amp;#x27;t speak to me. Especially the guy who&amp;#x27;s all &amp;quot;Well, my mom said I had beautiful teeth, and obviously moms aren&amp;#x27;t biased!&amp;quot; because, well, mama&amp;#x27;s boys. For the record, of course there are men with self-esteem and body-confidence issues just like women. Of course there are. And we should be encouraging those guys to feel good about themselves too. But there&amp;#x27;s a reason the original Dove ad is all about women and their self-doubt, and really, there&amp;#x27;s a reason that Dove&amp;#x27;s products and the entire beauty industry are mostly aimed at women, whereas men seem to be taught they just need an old-fashioned bar of soap and they&amp;#x27;re good to go. There&amp;#x27;s definitely a different message there as to each gender&amp;#x27;s natural beauty. You&amp;#x27;ve gotta wonder if that plays a part in our overall confidence&amp;amp;#8212;and how that affects our dating lives too! So, this ad: Accurate as to men&amp;#x27;s overinflated egos, or mean and untrue? Sound off below. Do you think men tend to be more confident about their looks than women? What about your guy in particular? Is this spoof funny to you or not? More from the minds of guys: *You Won&amp;amp;#8217;t Believe What 92% of Guys Said After Being Cheated On *Why Men Fake Orgasm (and Plenty of Them Really Do!) *If Your Guy Seems Bad at Sensing Your Mood, It&amp;#x27;s Because Men Actually Are Bad at That Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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