As girls (females), I would say we have a more pronounced need or desire to be loved and accepted for who we are on the inside (in our hearts), not for our external beauty (our bodies), our brains (our ideas and intelligence) or the amount of influence we have (how popular we are).
Every little girl wants to be held in her daddy's strong and loving arms and be told how special she is, how important she is, how he appreciates her, how their family would be lacking if she wasn't in it. And the list goes on. It is all, basically, about feeling loved, especially by her daddy.
Look at this picture up-close. Can you see all of my freckles and "beauty marks?" Well, they weren't always marks of beauty in my life and they weren't always accepted by me and others. This is how all that changed.
