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The fact that makeup exists speaks a lot about our culture and how it views women.
by ae_keji 10y ago
The fact that makeup exists speaks a lot about our culture and how it views women.
- meowface 10y agoAre you saying makeup doesn't exist in Eastern Europe?
- ae_keji 10y agoWell, it exists everywhere, but so does sexism.
- gozur88 10y agoSo... it doesn't have anything to do with our culture at all, then?
- ae_keji 10y agoHuman culture, I guess if you step back far enough. I say culture because I don't think makeup is tied to genetics.
- meowface 10y agoWhat evidence do you have that makeup is actually linked to sexism at all?
- ae_keji 10y agoThat women wear it daily while it doesn't even cross most guy's minds. Also that women wear it, and are expected to wear it, to look better while, again, the concept rarely crosses most men's minds.
- meowface 10y agoIf it doesn't cross guys' minds but it does cross their minds, isn't it a reasonable explanation that they personally notice the effects and like how it looks on them?
- oldmanjay 10y agoCulture does not have a view, as abstract concepts cannot themselves conceptualize
- thaumasiotes 10y agoSince it exists in every culture that has ever been known to man, it's not actually possible to draw conclusions in the normal way, by comparing a culture with makeup to one without. You can make claims about what it would mean for a culture not to use makeup, but if you do you should realize that those claims are, in their entirety, just some random junk you made up.
- ae_keji 10y agoI was inferring global human culture, we didn't really develop in vacuums. And pardon my wording, I meant species, but I felt that'd imply that women were biologically disposed to wear makeup, which obviously I don't believe is true(maybe social factors caused by biology, but none still relevant in the 21st century). More importantly, you're right though, I have zero evidence backing this up, or going against it. I just don't feel like it's very right.