FEATURE
GLAMOUR AND
L'ORÉAL PARIS PARTNER ON
"50 STATES OF WOMEN"
SURVEY
Glamour partnered with L'Oréal Paris to commission a Harris Poll of 2,000 women in all 50 US states to reveal
how women really feel about themselves, their career, and their future in 2017. The results? Women are more
optimistic about their life and future than in previous years, However, while progress is being made and
priorities are shifting, many women continue to struggle with body image and self-esteem. "On one level, these
results are encouraging: As women, we feel optimistic about our lives now and think we're going to get where we want
to go," says Glamour editor-in-chief Cindi Leive. "But the results are, like women, complicated—they show that we
still too often judge ourselves harshly, among other things. It's also interesting to see the ways in which women of
various zip codes, races, and sexualities are different, and what we all seem to share."
Done with L'Oréal Paris, the 2017 survey had as its goal to take an in-depth look at the factors that buoy and
undermine women's confidence—and explore the issues that connect and divide us. As part of the survey,
Glamour also asked women what they believe in and how they have learned to embrace who they are.