I think body language can create beauty. For instance, if you are one stage with your head up and your body shows confidence, you will be seen as powerful. You will show the audience that you know what you are doing and that you are not afraid to be up on that stage. No matter how the person looks like, if they show themselves positively through their body language that is attractive When the person is shrugged over and looking down, you can see that as negative body language. That elicits negative emotions from the audience or who ever is looking at you. I would say that there is a mixture of men being turned on by confidence and other men being turned on by a submissive woman. I know some men who love it and find it highly attractive when their girlfriends are confident and stand up for themselves. Others who like it when their girlfriends are shy and passive.

After watching this video I was pleasantly surprised and I had to agree with using body language and a mental attitude to approach things we may think we aren’t ready for. I’ adapted doing this in situations where I’m extremely unsure of myself or even when being in an environment where I have to overly social with people I have very little knowledge about. That said, the underlying concept of being confident or at the very least pretend to be confident in these situations I think helps later in life. While not entirely related, this where I think having taken an Acting class or two helps – in that you pretend to be something or someone else for a sly moment and it takes you out of the situation for a moment. This is inherently a lesson that I think everyone should learn – but then there also situations where pretending or faking is frowned upon because other people depend on your abilities. However, as far as self-esteem (ie beauty and confidence) goes this is a skill that everyone should learn eventually. To be sure of themselves or at least fake it.

I actually watched exactly the same TED talk topic in Youtube a week before read in the blog. Amy Cuddy, the speaker, was actually had an accident that damaged specific parts of her brain cells which made her struggling to finish school. But she eventually finish school, and able to overcome the expectation being put on her and gained so much confidence afterwards. The most interesting part is that she was able to retain her self-esteem by using the same trick: practicing power pose and “Fake it till you become it.”

I think body language is highly correlated with beauty. One might not be very good looking but what makes that person beautiful is the way he or she present themselves. How would other people think that a person is beautiful or adorable if the person does not confidence in him/herself? And I think this is what it is called inner beauty.

I believe body language can speak more for a person than their actual words. The way one carries themselves can be seen either in a good or bad way. I think confidence is the huge factor though. If a woman’s body language is saying she is shy and insecure in a way (I find that the last pose of Scarlet Johansson can be taken as insecure by the way she is somewhat hiding herself) her facial expression can mean something else. In the picture of Scarlet Johansson her facial expression is saying she is confident so men could by pass her body language. I personally do not walk around confident what so ever. I tend to cross my arms and cover myself with them and my face never reads “confidence”. My mom tells me I need to walk around smiling but I do not see why I should when I am no confident or there is nothing to smile about. She also tells me that guys are scared of me. But I do not see how that could be when I walk around looking small and invisible, not big and powerful. I see men being afraid of women who do look big and powerful because they are afraid they would not have dominance over her. So a way one carries themselves can say a lot, but can also say very little.

I definitely agree! Body language plays a huge role in making a woman look beautiful. Having the aura of confidence is extremely attractive. Feeling and being comfortable with yourself is an awesome feeling, and it is projected by the way you look.

I think confidence does a lot for men and women. Sure men know and hear all the time how confidence is so attractive for a man to have and how women are attracted to confidence. But I think women who are confident bring out a “sexyness” and charm to them that makes them attractive. I think the problem is, some women who feel they don’t fit the beauty standars or don’t feel good about their looks and body. They feel it’s so much because of their body and look that they might not get attention or that they don’t feel sexy. But really it’s because of their insecurity, and lack of confidence and they project that. Men can see it because of how she carries herself and how it only goes from there. You can see it though, women who don’t have the perfect body and maybe average, but they are confident and charming, they exude this sexyness and allure that guys can gravitate to and people and make them look much more attractive and sexy to others. I think the biggest problem for women and girls is them feeling their bodies and looks make them unattractive, when it’s more often the insecurity they project that does it, but they don’t realize it.