i think the promote an unrealistic standard but I don't like the body positivity movement either. I think we should focus on having a high but attainable standards of beauty; i. e. women who are fit but also have the flaws that the majority of us are born with.
I think someone who exemplifies this principle is Julie Bel if you look at the women she depicts in her artwork. They are beautiful with physiques you can tell they worked their booty off for, but at the same time they don't fall into that instagram genetic elite.
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Back then and even until now, I grew up watching beauty ads that hint a lot on porcelain skin being the standard of beauty, and I find it so hypocritical especially when I hear things like embrace your natural beauty. I guess I'm lucky enough that I have fair skin, but it still made me insecure when I was younger (like, am I really fair enough?) But lately, despite how this standard is still so ingrained in my mother country, more brown-skinned women are keeping it real and natural.
For context, I'm from SE Asia
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Ugh I don't know about âstandardsâ but the promotional are 🤮
I do not see now anyone can possibly think they look better with all that junk on or in them. Most people look best mid. Not rags but not inches of make up fake lashes and weirdly âdressed down fancyâ and exposed. Just too much.
I like unique styles so if someone puts effort in it can look nice but thatâs not what I see majority of the time, just all over done but similar styles. I ignore styler for the lair part bc I like to create my own but once I a while when it is pushed in front of me I marvel at how tacky then I just look away lol
They're only standards if they are accepted as such. No one has published standards. That's what's so frustrating: just because magazines and the fashion industry do something doesn't make it a standard.
That said, social media is WAY more pernicious. Seriously. When we try to make everything insta worthy, that's bad. There's the issue we need to focus on.
In Sweden! They focus on natrual beauty. The largest percent of women in sweden wear mascara and nail polish on daily basis. I don't know about the new young generation because i have not seen much (covid) and i think some shiny hair deying colors is seen every where.
In Denmark, the focus on natural beauty may be appreciated by some men who prefer a simple and understated look. However, some men may also feel pressure to conform to certain beauty standards, such as maintaining a certain level of fitness or grooming.
Ultimately, the impact of beauty standards on an individual may depend on personal values and experiences, as well as cultural and societal factors. While it's important to take care of one's appearance, it's also important to remember that beauty comes in many different forms.
I dont place a lot of stock in mainstream beauty standards as they do in fact exclude a lot of people. I am shocked that that film actually changed the womanâs face to fit some idea of US beauty standards⌠but that is the way we are in the US. All kind of messed up. And I donât think anyone should feel a need to change themselves for some supposed standard. If that standard doesnât work for you then make your ownâŚ
It does not affect me one bit, not because I fit into it, but because I do not place much importance on beauty standards.
If everyone looked the same, this world would be a boring place.
In the US many beauty standards are pushed by the kardashians. And they are all about making women feel insecure about every single feature and feeling like they need to use intense makeup along with lots of plastic surgery just to feel beautiful. It's insane and destructive
I'm not currently dating, but if I were, I'd reject any woman who thinks beauty means wearing tons of make-up, false eyelashes, plastic nails, getting lip fillers, emulating the Kardashians, and/or thinks that borderline obesity or anorexia is body affirming.
The standards are the same in every country. Men in all countries prefer blondes, but it's not as if black women, Asian women, Indian women, etc, just suddenly become invisible the moment a blonde woman walks into the room, especially if everything else about her is unnattractive.
Same standard as anything. I don't worry about it too much though, but I do not fit the beauty standards that everyone is looking for. I just have good hygiene, self-care, and dress nicely.
I think beauty standards in America are asinine they force women to do dangerous procedures just to look like what society thinks is beautiful and it's sad cause every woman is beautiful in her own way.
i hate it because fair means beautiful and i have heard many guys tell that they prefer white girls in terms of dating so that made me feel like shit especially when my boyfriend said that to me. But i don't hate my brown skin but it's sad that that is the beauty standards
don't care anymore about beauty because i don't wanba be an influencer anymore
i also lose my desire when it comes to beauty i just wanba eartIt makes no difference I just like a girl with a kind heart who wants to share her love with me and trust me I don't set my standards high.
I donât know. For me I just enjoy makeup and I donât really follow any rules. I just do what I think works for me.
I think it's more varied now but when I was younger it was straight hair bleached blonde. Most of us look like Italy's inbred cousins.
I don't think the beauty standard is to be a chav or alternative but that's mostly the people here. And gotta say I love it the more alternative the better, the more chav less so but hey some are don't judge by the cover.
Seems like there is lack of standards in the US. So I donât know what to say.
My country will take on anything thatâs female no questions asked, and they will move to the next girl most men
I ignore all of it. I focus on my life and not on what other people think.
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