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"Dove posted on Monday a three-minute ad on YouTube that teaches a vital lesson about how we view ourselves compared to how others see us. Trust us, it's worth your time.\nA former forensic artist for the San Jose police department met a series of women and asked each to describe the way they look. He had no way of seeing them behind a curtain. He prompted them to detail everything: hair length, facial structure, their most prominent features. He then sketched each participant from their self-description.\nEach woman was asked before the study to get to know one of the other participants. The forensic artist then prompted each woman to describe the other's face. \nSEE ALSO: Dove's 'Beautify' Photoshop Action Un-Airbrushes Images of Models\n\nAt the end of the video, the artist reveals two sketches \u2014 one from the participant itself, one from their partner. The differences are remarkable.\nWe won't ruin the effect for you, but we'll leave you with this comment from Dove posted below the video:\n\"Women are their own worst beauty critics,\" Dove says. \"Only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful ... we decided to conduct a compelling social experiment that explores how women view their own beauty in contrast to what others see.\"\nWhat do you make of the video? Let us know in the comments below.\n\n\n10 Videos That Inspired Us in 2012\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Arthur Boorman's Transformation\n\nArthur Boorman was a disabled, overweight Gulf War veteran for 15 years. Over and over, doctors told him he'd never walk without the support of crutches again. \nOn a bit of a whim, he joined a local yoga program, and ended up achieving what almost everyone had told him was impossible. \nWatch his story for yourself. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Nike 'Find Your Greatness' Ad\n\nOriginally aired during the Summer Olympics, this Nike commercial -- featuring a 12-year-old boy named Nathan -- is surprisingly simplistic, but carries a big message: \"Greatness is not beyond [Nathan's] reach, nor is it for any of us.\"\nRead more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Procter &amp; Gamble 'Thank You, Mom' Ad\n\nThis Procter &amp; Gamble ad, also aired during this summer's Olympics, was part of its \"Thank You, Mom\" campaign. \nThe video shows a number of different kids, all across the world, growing up to eventually compete in the Olympics -- with their mothers supporting them during the entire journey. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. U.S. Olympic Team Tribute To Muhammad Ali\n\nThis tribute to Muhammad Ali, created by DJ Steve Porter for Team U.S.A., mixes some of the boxer's best phrases and glory proclamations with a catchy, pump-you-up-to-the-max beat. \nRead more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. The Last\n\nWong Fu Productions created this touching short film about a man, played by Glee's  Harry Shum, Jr., who is asked by his girlfriend how many people he's loved before her. \nWatch it to see his heartfelt answer.  \nRead more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Hey (St.) Jude\n\nIn celebration of its 50th birthday, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital made a buzzing rendition of the Beatles' \"Hey Jude,\" featuring the hospital's patients singing alongside nurses, doctors and celebrities like Betty White, Michael Jordan and Robin Williams. \nRead more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Ugly Yet Beautiful\n\nChester Lee Ridens of Dubuque, Iowa describes himself as \"ugly.\" Nine months ago, he began posting a series of short video clips to YouTube under the username GuyWithCrazyIdeas. \nIn this particular short, above, Ridens gives what's come to be his signature expression -- chin tucked in, eyes open wide -- while James Blunt's \"You're Beautiful\" plays in the background. \n\"Beauty is only skin deep,\" he told the Daily Dot, adding that the purpose of his channel is to promote that everyone treat each other with respect and dignity, appearances aside. \nRidens' YouTube channel currently has more than 8,000 subscribers and his videos have been viewed around 3.3 million times, the Daily Dot reports. \nRead more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Meyers Leonard Reunites With Marine Brother After Two Years\n\nMeyers Leonard, a recently drafted center for the Portland Trailblazers, lost his father at an early age. From that point onward, his older brother, Bailey, took on a fatherly figure role through the hard times that ensued. \nIn this video, Bailey returns from duty in Afghanistan -- unknown to Meyers -- to watch his little brother play basketball for the first time in two years (Meyers, at the time, was with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.)   \nWatch it to see their touching reunion. \nRead more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. With A Piece Of Chalk\n\nThis short film, produced by German filmmakers JuBaFilms, tells the story of a young boy overcoming a painful past -- problems at home, bullying at school -- though breakdancing. Really good breakdancing, we might add. \nRead more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Military Dad Surprises Family at Football Game\n\nSergeant First Class Scott Faile was supposed to be in Korea while his family -- wife, daughter and son -- were being honored as the \"military family of the game\" during a University of South Carolina football game in early October. \nHis family stood on the field, surrounded by 85,000 fans, as a message from Faile was played on the stadium's jumbo screen. What they didn't expect, though, was to see him walking out onto the field minutes later.\nRead more. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage courtesy of YouTube, doveunitedstates"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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