I know what people will say after reading this post. So I'm going to have last paragraph titled "Gotcha". Make sure to read that paragraph before reading this post or after reading this post.

It's common for a lot of women to say that they don't wear makeup or revealing clothing for men. And say women wear those things for themselves or other women. Since they don't give a fuck what men think.

But at the same time men are also the bad guys, because men created the patriarchy. Therefore causing women to feel pressure from high beauty standards. And corporations and the Sydney Sweeney 👖 ad feed off women insecurities.

So… which is it?

Are you truly doing it for yourself and other women, ignoring male approval entirely?

Or are you affected by a male-created system that pressures you to attract men?

It can't be both. I don't give a shit if a woman says she only wear makeup for herself or other women. Again let me repeat that. I DON'T GIVE A SHIT. Because whether a woman wears makeup or not, doesn't affect my life at all. I still have to wake up early, to go to work tomorrow.

But don't try to make yourself a victim of bad men and the patriarchy. When you claim to be a empowered person who doesn't care what men think. Which is ok. But don't be a hypocrite about it though.

You can't feel pressure to wear makeup for men, and not care about what men want at the same time. That's a major contradiction.

GOTCHA.

And before you say I'm doing a gooba fallacy argument here. Where I'm generalizing women, and treating women like a monolith. When women are all different individuals.

If I had a dime every time I heard a woman say she doesn't wear makeup for men, she only wear makeup for herself or other women. And then the same woman complain about high beauty standards from the patriarchy. I would be a trillionaire.

My point here is that it could be the sma person. Because women are humans. And humans have cognitive dissonance.

And also these women are treating women like monoliths themselves too. Whenever they make generalized statements like "women don't wear makeup for men, women wear makeup for themselves or other women". If you think I'm generalizing women. You also have to call out these women for generalizing women too.

Edit: title typo the*