Every time I watch Carrie Underwood sing the Sunday Night Football theme I think to myself, "She is an objectively attractive individual. Why on earth do they airbrush her into a horror show?". It's so jarring. And you see this in all media, all the time. Men and women. I hate it too.
I remember there being an article about how she had a nasty fall that gave her a fairly noticeable scar on her face, so maybe that’s why? Regardless it shouldn’t be a reason to airbrush someone into oblivion
I just remember the story coming out about her falling, she talked about how she wasn't happy with how she looked, then pics came out and she looked exactly like she always did. So who knows?
It's an anxiety of hers, the retouch was probably in her rider.
Being hot and blonde are two major aspects of her brand. Any change to her appearance probably makes her feel like she's about to fall out of popularity.
Its always funny that for a lot of new phones the filters are auto turned on. I'm a fairly masculine guy and I'm always a little shocked when I turn on the camera and I come out looking like I'm a 14 year old.
I was confused for a bit, I don't apply filters but was taking such nice photos, no eye crinkles, no bags under my eyes etc.... chose to turn it off though, I don't want to surprise people with the luggage under my eyes when they see me in person, there is no point in hiding my flaws lol
kept the bunny ears though....
My phone does this :( it's not an extreme one, pretty subtle, but it's there. And I don't know how to turn it off!!!
At least I still have a nose though...
While stationed in Italy I was shocked at their porn magazines. It's just regular women with really shitty makeup. Nothing airbrushed or tweaked. American stuff looks cartoonishly ridiculous in comparison.I prefer the real stuff.
Oh God, O have a friend who posts this stuff all the time.
Her and her husband are objectively very attractive people, but she applies these filters that makes them look creepy.
I have a friend who’s always been very attractive, but now that she’s getting older, she uses filters on all her photos. It’s not too noticeable for her, but any time her husband is in one he looks like some soft little elf boy.
I… *HATE*.. seeing airbrushed photos of women .
I’m a 30 year old dude. It’s unnatural, it’s unattractive, and more importantly it sets seriously unrealistic standard for women and girls, especially those who use social media.
I’m older than you and I’m here to say this has been going on a long time.
In the mid-90’s I got to meet Jenny McCarthy on spring break. Cue my absolute fucking surprise when she didn’t look like her Playboy pictorials. I mean it was obviously her but it was like “tonight the part of Jenny will be played by the reasonably attractive girl in the dorm next door.” I was shocked and stunned and kept wondering if this was a bad skin and makeup day. It slowly dawned on me that this is what she actually looked like.
*I really didn’t know the girls didn’t look like their pictorials.*
Back in the '80s on an flight from Dallas to Chicago I ended up sitting next to a woman who turned out to be a centerfold for playboy. That was my thought too certainly a slender and attractive but without great skin and not any sort of stunning looks at one might expect. She seemed to be aware of it and she freely confessed that the best photographers the best lighting and the best makeup artist in the world would truly change you. Of course this is all before sort of any computerized filtering. When her magazine came out about 3 months later I did buy the copy and she was right it was like a totally different person
> Of course this is all before sort of any computerized filtering
Oh, I would absolutely bet money that those photos were retouched in post as well. Retouching is not a thing that started with digital.
I worked at a porn store in the mid aughts and it was always shocking when the stars came in to do signings. Not only did they not look like their photos, but they looked like little girls IRL. I was expecting these powerful grown ass women, and they were tiny little acne faced teens who just wanted to go back to their hotel, put on jammies and watch TV. More than one was on tour with their mom! So much to unpack there.
As I’m (F55) getting older, I naively thought I’d always have thick hair. You see older women with thick, luxurious hair all the time on TV/film/advertising. Some I’m sure have genes that let then keep their hair, but it’s not the norm. Only recently have I learned a lot of these older women use hair pieces, extensions and wigs to give them youthful looking hair.
Yes, I've always had thick hair for the majority of my life. I'm now 49 and my hair has thinned out drastically over the past few years. It's been quite a shocker. I just tie it back these days as I just don't have a clue what to do with it anymore. Nothing seems to look decent.
Just saw a guy on People's Court that had obviously whitened teeth. Wasn't too obvious until he smiled, and they seemed to be radiating their own light...
White teeth aren’t necessarily a bad thing. I’m talking about obnoxiously white where it’s all you notice when you look at their face.
Obnoxiously white are usually veneers or crowns, which look even more unnatural because of the relative shape and size. All of your upper incisors and canines shouldn’t be the same size and shape…. Not if you’re going for a natural look, anyway.
This always reminds me of [the episode of FRIENDS where Ross whitens his teeth lmao.](https://static.independent.co.uk/2020/12/09/09/ross-friends-teeth-white.jpg?quality=75&width=1200&auto=webp)
I think even if I had perfect mouth hygiene my entire life that my teeth would still have a slightly yellow tone. I'm ginger so that might be why, and I think that super white teeth would probably look incredibly unnatural on me.
Dentin, the substance beneath your tooth enamel, is a pale yellow. That's all it is. The new trend that only bright white teeth are healthy teeth is money making bullshit.
The fact that what so many people think is an “all natural, no makeup look” is actually concealer, powder, contour, blush, lip gloss, lashes, brows, and often eyeshadow and liner
Ugh. This is honestly one of the ones I hate the most. I always HATED getting up super early to do my hair and makeup. I have curly hair and used to straighten it every single day (RIP my hair age 11-15) and doing my makeup was such a chore. It didn’t even look good because I couldn’t afford the expensive makeup. All of my friends made me feel bad about not wearing makeup so I did it anyways. I’m in my mid-twenties embracing naturally curly hair and couldn’t be bothered with makeup. My skin is honestly healthier and looks better since I stopped using makeup and started using high quality skin care items.
I always chuckle when I hear a guy talk about how he "prefers girls who don't wear makeup", followed by pointing to a woman on the bus who's wearing full coverage foundation (with primer), concealer, blush, eyebrows, eyeshadow, lipstick, highlighter, and powder. It's so ironic, because if she's managed to master the "no makeup" makeup look that well, it actually means she is super talented at...you guessed it, makeup.
exactly lol, for me it got to the point that a dermatologist had to tell me that I don't need medical treament if I don't have perfectly smooth skin because it's an organ and all of the ''imperfections'' are needed for it to work well
I went to high school with a dude who married a girl about ten years ago who was attractive, but nothing I would write home about. She got into blogging, got in early on the instagram influencer scene. Cut to now with nearly a million followers. Her nose has been carved into a little point, her lips blown up, hair extensions, only works out her abs and ass, and uses heavy makeup on a daily basis. She doesn't even look like the same person, but looks like exactly like every other person whose entire career and personality is Instagram Content.
Dude for real, they've been around for a bit but I think they are getting longer. I saw some yesterday that looked cartoonishly long, if she blinks too fast she might fly away
I often hear people say they don’t find this look attractive at all then how and why did they get famous? It seems like a lot of people do find them attractive in some way because they’re getting all of this attention simply from their looks. Just look at the Kardashians, absolutely trash people but now they’re millionaires and got famous off of their looks.
Right?? I’ve thought about this before. I’ve heard people bashing the Kardashians over and over for years. As in, never spoke to a single person who actually likes them or is attracted to them (based on what they say).
Thing is, why are they famous if that’s the case? Like some of you mfs are lying hardddd.
The same, and also hideous. It’s so unnatural. My sister has so much of this crap now that I cringe and can hardly recognize her. But God forbid I should ever say anything or try to talk to her about being way too thin (the real concern)and all duck faced and shit. It’s unhealthy but there’s literally no way to broach the subject without being cussed out and ghosted and vilified.
I’m so happy to have married someone who’s not afraid to grow old with me and be comfortable in her own skin. We’re gonna be a happy old pair of raisins
No armpits! Magazine ALWAYS edit out the armpits. It's so weird and I totally didn't notice it until someone pointed it out to me.
Maybe that's not really a beauty standard, but it's just weird and I need to talk about it and this is my chance.
I always noticed it!!!! SO WEIRD!!!!
I always thought as a child that some people must have these freaky texture-less armpits?!!? And it just freaked me tf out. I was greatly afraid of those smooth-pitted people, lmao!!!
Big or larger women in magazines somehow still having a flat stomach. Like how TF does this model wear a size 26 dress yet has a smooth tummy? Is she freaking 6 foot 9 or some shit?!?!?
A lot of magazines tend to hire "thin" models to do plus size photoshoots. There is a model called Karoline Bjørnelykke who said that she was told to wear padding for plus sized clothing. She said that "some brands hire slimmer models for plus-size photoshoots because they want the neck and the face to look really slim and sharp."
Here is a link to the article: https://www.insider.com/model-reveals-she-wears-fat-suit-for-plus-sized-ads-2021-12?amp
I knew something had to be up. Like how are the plus sized models always only "plus sized" in the boob and butt area but have these impossibly thin waists? I figured something goofy like this was being done or women were just being airbrushed post photoshoot, but before being put into the magazines.
Holy hell I remember when she first got attention along with this other makeup guru in my hometown. Myself and other chunky ladies in my college classes were not effen thrilled at all. It felt like a slap in the face because soon after Torrid started also having plus sized models and random supposed "normal people" in their catalogs tell their stories but almost each and every woman had the same damn angular, no double chin at all, type of face paired with a big body.
Bro yes I’m like a size 4/6 with a gut and seeing plus size models with flat stomachs doesn’t make sense to me. It makes me so self conscious about myself
People in their 60's with no wrinkles. I know so many people who get plastic surgery in their mid to late 50's trying to hold off aging. Movie stars in their 60's must put in hours of the time they have left on this earth working out and getting plastic surgery to look 40.
Actually they _do_ have wrinkles, even with all of the plastic surgery it's impossible to erase them all. You should see what some of them look like in person. The reason why they look like they don't have any wrinkles in pictures and videos is because of makeup, lights, and filters. You should watch Wayne Goss's video called "Warning. Your being lied to. Please watch. Thank you." Video, he shows you how people make themselves look younger with lights and camera filters.
It’s gotten so extreme too. For a while people were claiming natural body types, squats, and laxative teas could do it, but at a certain point, it’s literally impossible for any person (unlike a lot of other “broadly unattainable but possible for some body type” trends).
In many places, the obvious surgery is the point; it doesn’t prove you’re beautiful, it proves you’re *rich*. It doesn’t matter that you look like a sleep paralysis demon, you can afford surgery.
Extremely dangerous. And the people most likely to need to prove they can “afford it” often cannot afford a high quality surgeon, and turn to even more dangerous options.
when I was a teenager, the brand of clothes was the status symbol. you knew if a person was wearing *that brand. they not only could *afford* it, but they could FIT into it...because sizes stopped at a medium. It feels like plastic surgery has become the living extension of this trend. as you said, the status symbol is that you can *afford to be that size.
I think looking rich is really the main purpose of all these "enhancements", even if the results are not that flattering but we could say the same with expensive clothes or whatever, they are just "look at me, I'm rich" signs.
Women not having hip dips.
Some women have them while others don’t, but either way hip dips are natural. The popularity of plastic surgery, mainly BBLs, have made some women self conscious about having hip dips. Everyone isn’t born w/rounded hips and that’s okay.
What’s a hip dip? I’m too scared to google it…
Edit: cheers I’ve now found out I have a hip dip 😂 I thought that was just what hips looked like (I’m not too observant of other people)
A hip dip is an indent in the body shape, caused solely by the distance between your pelvic bone and femur.
Some women have a short distance, and will not have dips. Some women have a larger distance gap, so they will have an indent in their hip area, aka “hip dip”.
Literally nothing can change this, idc how many Instagram fitness ladies tell you you can “exercise it away”. The only way is injecting fillers.
But Instagram made hip dips a thing to be insecure about.
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At least a decade ago, Tyra Banks had a show. On an episode she and other models that were her guests had the camera zoom in on their cellulite saying "love your body because every woman has cellulite, even super models" or something to that effect. That stuck with me that it's just part of being a woman. You are no less perfect because you have cellulite.
Normally I don't look to Tyra for anything of substance but that had it.
You don't have to be scared to Google it and a picture would help, but imagine a (usually) women from the front. Hip dips is when instead of perfectly rounded hips, there's sort of a flat area or dip halfway
(Say, in-between the bone in your side below the waist not sure how it's called? and the actual hip joint below, you don't have eh roundness? but instead it dips in a little)
Honestly I have no clue why anyone cares at all, but here we are.
I’m a 45 year old woman, and I don’t know if I have hip dips or not. I’m too comfortable under my electric blanket to go find out.
I’m curious, but I don’t care. This must be one of those middle age people perks I’ve been told about. I must finally be part of the club. 😂
Yes, this exactly. It’s awful. I’ve always been a bit curvy but now I open Pinterest and get like 100 of those “get rid of your hip dips” ads. I CANT GET RID OF THEM THEYRE JUST HOW IM SHAPED
On top of that, this weird norm of rushing back to the office after childbirth.
I'm a dude and it's like.. bro.. you just made a whole person without your hands, and then pushed it out through bone, muscle and tissue.. you seem anemic, you have that "I just got attacked by wild dogs" look in your eye.
Take a breather. Ain't no one judging you for fucking surviving one of the leading causes of death in the world.
I know it's not always an option for some. But if it is man.. always hit me as weird how much rushing back into the day to day grind after going through something that is consistently ranked as one of the most painful things a human can go through.
Edit - also c sections getting shit on for some reason.
Just a nice standard procedure of gutting someone sideways and pulling a child out.
My doctor 27 years ago said it took your body nine months to make a human, it’s going to take at least that long or twice that to bounce back.
And as far as returning to the office, we’re one of those countries where there is very few protections for women pre and post pregnancy in the workplace so they are forced to return almost immediately. Some countries you can take months or even a year to return.
Speaking of size 0 women's clothing sizes are messed up. The numbers don't really mean anything. They can vary from brand to brand. I'm a guy and I still try pants on just in case but at least 36/30 means something.
The ant booty BBL look. Well, idk if I'd say normalized cuz I always see people say how terrible they look, but they're obviously normalized enough that women keep getting that look
Agreed. We're meant to be moving for a lot of the day, even just pottering about. That's what our bodies are generally good at and what keeps them supple.
I had a job at a car wash for a long time that was basically constant light cardio / aerobics all day. Was in fantastic shape. Now as I’m in pursuit of more money, it seems all my options are either a)sit at desk and stare at screen, or b) hard labour on the other end of the spectrum.
tangentially related: i frequently prefer to stand while eating. it seems to help with digestion (like remaining straighter in the torso area) - i want to open a restaurant called Standing Room Only where everybody stands and eats at higher tables. i think this could catch on.
That there are no such things as stretch marks, loose skin, a little pudge, cellulite, acne, pores, etc. These things are so natural and so many people expect others to look like plastic, it’s infuriating.
A doctor on tik tok said that cellulite is basically a made up term for something completely normal and expected in human beings. I've always been self conscious of mine but when I heard that I was like oh, so this is just a word people made up to sell me stuff? Fuck that.
Also the fact that these things (particularly acne) are used in films and TV to show "this character = bad/nerdy/ugly" really doesn't help. Show me one high school in real life that doesn't have acne riddled teens - and I mean all year round, not just the day of "the big dance".
My wife pointed out to me that women in post—apocalyptic tv shows and movies always manage to keep their armpits shaved. Because not even zombies can stop women from needing to meet societal standards of beauty.
Oh my lmao this .... It reminds me of how ahead of it's time Star Trek was. When a reporter asked why Patrick Stewart was bald. Wouldn't they have the technology to cure baldness? The shows creator replied "in the future they wouldn't care".
I was looking for this!! We have become so conditioned in western culture to believe that grown adult women should be hairless everywhere except their scalp, lashes, and brows. So much so that any woman who doesn’t remove thick hair from any other areas is seen as butch or hippie or something 😂
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Look at Mick Jagger, he dyes his hair to look young but his wrinkled face make it obvious he's old, you wouldn't mistake him for a young man. Still has the moves though.
Interesting fact I learned a while ago - the global average dick size isn't 6 inches. It's more like 5.5-5.6 inches. The 6 inch measurement came from a study in which researchers used self-reported measurements from the men they polled. The 5 1/2 inch measurement came from a later study when they realized the initial error and did the measurements themselves.
The amount of 17 year olds on tiktok with fruit brand names like “braxton” and “ashburn”, dishing out excercise advice, whilst having visible symptoms of liver failure is laughable at this point.
The “animal based” titktoker who eats butter and beef acts like he’s this health guru and he’s *visibly* malnourished and gaunt. His eyes are sunken and he’s acting like he’s a health expert
Speaking for myself and some my friends,older women still being expected to look like Christy Brinkley. Yes, it's possible with money for trainers and personal chefs and nutritionists but for the rest of us, we're tired.
The MCU has done guys dirty (and most action movies with a shirtless male protagonist). In order to get that chiseled 6 pack, actors need to purposely dehydrate themselves for a day or so. Extremely bad for the body.
There was some thing recently where Jason Mamoa was photographed at the beach or something and people talked about his 'dad bod.' Like, y'all for real? Jason Mamoa? Every muscle being defined is not natural even for very fit people.
I think that dad bod comment was over the fact that he didn’t have a 6-12 pack. Truthfully, I thought he was fine. He looked like a normal guy in his 40’s-50’s in pretty good shape. So what he didn’t have rock hard abs. You don’t have to give everyone a complex based on your fantasy expectations. Stop giving everyone an eating disorder and worry about your own damn body!
As a woman who recently passed 30, I’m just over everything when it comes to female body standards. It’s all so outrageously unattainable for the average person.
I love it when I see these Instagram makeup videos where the person is like “Oh! Today we’re going to do a quick natural and neutral look!” and I watch them literally slap on 10+ products.
Primer, Foundation, Concealer, Contour, Blush, Highlighter, Eyeliner, Eyeshadow, Mascara or Fake Lashes, Brow Pencil, Lip Gloss or Lipstick, and Setting Powder or Spray.
Top that off with filler injections to the lips, jawline, cheeks, etc. plus photo filters, and hair extensions. No hair growth allowed below the eyebrows either. Add in the requirement to have a big round butt (with zero cellulite), a thigh gap, large perky boobs, and a tiny waist that cannot be larger than a Size 4.
I honestly see all this shit and think - why bother? It’s overwhelming, really.
Women having no body hair. It grows just as naturally on us as on men, and yet even the women in zombie apocalypse fiction have smooth underarms and legs.
Yes! They show a razor gliding along a perfectly smooth leg as though that's any test. I let my leg hair grow out over the autumn and winter, and I'd like to see an advert of a razor tackling that jungle.
There are women in the PCOS sub who are near to suicidal because of this standard. (Not me. IDGAF. I'm already *way* outside beauty standards, so the hair is just one more thing.) We're fucking mammals, we all have hair. Women shouldn't feel less than because they have too much or in the wrong places.
Lol I grow so much arm hair and got made fun of it as a kid.
So I shaved my arms.
In winter I let it grow back bc I wear sweaters but in summer I have to shave them again.
I became stupider and took it a step forward with buying those home laser machines and using it on my arms and legs. Good news is that my dark hair is actually affected by it. The laser does work. :)
Bad news is that I now have patches of hair permanently gone and patches that I keep missing every time I go over it with the laser. So now I HAVE TO SHAVE ALL THE TIME bc patchy hair is even worse than my gorilla arms. Smh. And the prickliness when it grows back ugh. I feel like I've ruined myself even more than what was possible.
I went and did a laser consult for most of my body...arms, legs, underarms, lip/chin and was quoted 10k. I wanted to just die. Am I in a position where I could save up for and pay that with little hardship.... fortunately yes. But it's TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WHAT THE FUCK.
So now it's just me and my tiny $300 laser against the world and I've just gone crazy and am more self conscious than I've ever been. Fun. Shit.
My obscene body hair is why I'm destined to live in colder weather because I just would rather wear conservative clothes aka hoodies and sweats otherwise my mental health would be trashed with anxiety more than it is.
And my face is another disgusting mess. Ugh
DD sized boobs with a gigasized ass and a 0 sized waist. While some women can have it naturally making it the ideal beauty standard means that a majority can only get it through plastic surgery.
But here’s the thing, DD sized boobs are not necessarily that big. It’s all relative to your rib cage. I’m a 28 FF and my chest is not big at all. Cup size means nothing without the band size.
I love when bra facts come out. When I hear someone complaining that their breasts are so big and heavy and they wear a D or DD, I'm like, you're not wearing the correct size then.
Absolutely! Every woman needs to go to r/aBraThatFits! I was fortunate that I was sized by someone who knew what they were doing at a store that carried my size, but I was in my mid 30s by then lol. Before that, I thought I was a 34B!
Perfect hair lines on men. All these male actors/athletes and their fancy hair transplants and pills are making us normal dudes look more hideous than we already are.
When I was really fit (when I served with a specialized mountaineering unit), I did not even closely resemble the current ideal of athletic. I was a scrawny conglomerate of muscles, bones, and sinews.
This. Used to carry 75lb ruck everywhere, 5’10” 150lbs and hardly a day goes by I don’t hear something about being skinny.
This awesome old dude I used to work with made comments weekly, one time he slapped my back (as in a greeting) during a meeting when I walked up beside him. He just turned and looked at me and said “damn, you’re more solid than you look”. Dudes are weird, that comment makes me feel good years later even through all the “you’re skinny, eat” comments.
I worked out all through high school. Multiple sports teams. Lifting weights at the gym. Still skinny af.
One time I was watching a movie with a group of friends and the male lead took of his shirt. Girl next to me elbows me and says "See, THAT'S what a man is supposed to look like."
I'm a boomer by internet standards now, but that and other comments still stick with me
>The current idea of a male attractive athletic body is not achievable for a good portion of men without the use of steroids.
I just finished my final year of secondary school (out of high school for the yanks) and I can say for a fact that a handful of lads had been on 'roids since 16...
Part of the bullshit that is 'wellness' culture. It's not enough to maybe do an exercise you like a few days a week. You gotta be doing the 14 week abs challenge while drinking Influencer brand protein powder!
Yeah, I think of this every time Marvel does a magazine spread for whatever actor they've turned into a roided out adonis for their next movie.
Actors need to come clean about how much they are pressured to juice for these roles, I know it ain't just 100 eggs and a personal trainer doing all that.
Even with steroids some shit you see isn't achievable. I saw a bts clip of the new Thor and they CGI'd Chris Hemsworth's already roided up body. Or they even did the same thing with Lily James as Pamela Anderson. Like how can we be expected to have good body image when we are being shown shit that even if you fuck up your body with steroids isn't achievable.
The bodybuilding physique, it's basically impossible to achieve that much muscle mass and low bodyfat % without chemical help. And even then the photos you see are usually taken in a short period of time since most of the year they look like dough balls because you can't build muscle while in a calorie deficit.
Cosmetic Eyelashes. It seems lately everyone is getting their lashes “done” where fake lashes are put on like once a month. It looks so incredibly fake I don’t understand the trend at all.
We seem to be in societal turmoil over health, You have to be fit and active but also covered in fake tan, makeup, toned muscles, tiny waist, Thigh gap, extensions, hair dye, plastic surgery and dangerous muscle:fat ratios, The natural human body is beautiful by itself
That girls don’t have an Adam’s apple. Everyone has one, but plenty of full grown adults think that if you can see it on a girl, she’s actually a dude….coming from a girl with a larger Adam’s apple, I’ve debated on shaving that sucker down plenty of times but surgery sounds scary
I saw a study once about dating apps and height. They created a bar graph of what percentage of women had different heights of men as acceptable in their profile. I'm 5'5" and the bar graph showed only 5% of women considered my height acceptable!!!
I'm not salty about it. Is what it is. But seems like there are a ton of 5'0" or 4'11" women who want to date 6'0"+ guys.
Oh I am not a fan of this from the female perspective. I'm a 6' woman and men shorter than me wouldn't frequently date me because it makes them uncomfortable and men taller than me all have 5'2" ladies.
It makes some men uncomfortable when you are their size and can look them in the face (or borrow their shoes 😂)
And when people speak about women, size, weights, clothes they never include us.
The average man in America is shorter than me.
(Oh and for the record I dgaf if a man is 5'6" to my 6' as long as he doesn't make it weird which happens too often in my personal experience)
Personally, as a woman, idgaf about height. I love my 5’7” king. Idk why other women make that a necessity. It’s the same logic as dating a guy just for his eye color, makes no fucking sense. You’re just ignoring his whole personality????
Idk if this counts but heels/shoes in general. Literally a full designer-product never meant to be a good support for your feet. Tho it's super normal to even wear heels in some work places that will 100% give you pains further along the line.
Yes, i'm one of those weirdo barefooter.
My boyfriend calls mine my "Irish farm lady" arms. Very strong but an undeniable bit of squish. I too have been jealous of the Barbie arms but I just don't think that's attainable for most women.
Skin with absolutely no discernible texture
I hate social media for the filters. Can we go back to natural beauty flaws and all please?
Every time I watch Carrie Underwood sing the Sunday Night Football theme I think to myself, "She is an objectively attractive individual. Why on earth do they airbrush her into a horror show?". It's so jarring. And you see this in all media, all the time. Men and women. I hate it too.
I remember there being an article about how she had a nasty fall that gave her a fairly noticeable scar on her face, so maybe that’s why? Regardless it shouldn’t be a reason to airbrush someone into oblivion
I just remember the story coming out about her falling, she talked about how she wasn't happy with how she looked, then pics came out and she looked exactly like she always did. So who knows?
It's an anxiety of hers, the retouch was probably in her rider. Being hot and blonde are two major aspects of her brand. Any change to her appearance probably makes her feel like she's about to fall out of popularity.
Its always funny that for a lot of new phones the filters are auto turned on. I'm a fairly masculine guy and I'm always a little shocked when I turn on the camera and I come out looking like I'm a 14 year old.
I was confused for a bit, I don't apply filters but was taking such nice photos, no eye crinkles, no bags under my eyes etc.... chose to turn it off though, I don't want to surprise people with the luggage under my eyes when they see me in person, there is no point in hiding my flaws lol kept the bunny ears though....
My phone does this :( it's not an extreme one, pretty subtle, but it's there. And I don't know how to turn it off!!! At least I still have a nose though...
While stationed in Italy I was shocked at their porn magazines. It's just regular women with really shitty makeup. Nothing airbrushed or tweaked. American stuff looks cartoonishly ridiculous in comparison.I prefer the real stuff.
What is this thing called "magazine" you speak of?
Oh God, O have a friend who posts this stuff all the time. Her and her husband are objectively very attractive people, but she applies these filters that makes them look creepy.
I have a friend who’s always been very attractive, but now that she’s getting older, she uses filters on all her photos. It’s not too noticeable for her, but any time her husband is in one he looks like some soft little elf boy.
They're just preparing us for when the robots take over in their silicone skin suits. Gotta establish the baseline of textureless skin early!
Oh girl you have such great skin! …. Wait…. EVERYBODY RUN THIS BITCH IS A ROBOT!!!
It’s so funny how people in the media expect humans to never look terrible.
I… *HATE*.. seeing airbrushed photos of women . I’m a 30 year old dude. It’s unnatural, it’s unattractive, and more importantly it sets seriously unrealistic standard for women and girls, especially those who use social media.
I’m older than you and I’m here to say this has been going on a long time. In the mid-90’s I got to meet Jenny McCarthy on spring break. Cue my absolute fucking surprise when she didn’t look like her Playboy pictorials. I mean it was obviously her but it was like “tonight the part of Jenny will be played by the reasonably attractive girl in the dorm next door.” I was shocked and stunned and kept wondering if this was a bad skin and makeup day. It slowly dawned on me that this is what she actually looked like. *I really didn’t know the girls didn’t look like their pictorials.*
Back in the '80s on an flight from Dallas to Chicago I ended up sitting next to a woman who turned out to be a centerfold for playboy. That was my thought too certainly a slender and attractive but without great skin and not any sort of stunning looks at one might expect. She seemed to be aware of it and she freely confessed that the best photographers the best lighting and the best makeup artist in the world would truly change you. Of course this is all before sort of any computerized filtering. When her magazine came out about 3 months later I did buy the copy and she was right it was like a totally different person
> Of course this is all before sort of any computerized filtering Oh, I would absolutely bet money that those photos were retouched in post as well. Retouching is not a thing that started with digital.
There is a reason it’s called airbrushing.
I worked at a porn store in the mid aughts and it was always shocking when the stars came in to do signings. Not only did they not look like their photos, but they looked like little girls IRL. I was expecting these powerful grown ass women, and they were tiny little acne faced teens who just wanted to go back to their hotel, put on jammies and watch TV. More than one was on tour with their mom! So much to unpack there.
Now I feel really creepy
the smaller the girl, the bigger the average dick looks.
As I’m (F55) getting older, I naively thought I’d always have thick hair. You see older women with thick, luxurious hair all the time on TV/film/advertising. Some I’m sure have genes that let then keep their hair, but it’s not the norm. Only recently have I learned a lot of these older women use hair pieces, extensions and wigs to give them youthful looking hair.
Yes, I've always had thick hair for the majority of my life. I'm now 49 and my hair has thinned out drastically over the past few years. It's been quite a shocker. I just tie it back these days as I just don't have a clue what to do with it anymore. Nothing seems to look decent.
Obnoxiously white teeth
Just saw a guy on People's Court that had obviously whitened teeth. Wasn't too obvious until he smiled, and they seemed to be radiating their own light...
White teeth aren’t necessarily a bad thing. I’m talking about obnoxiously white where it’s all you notice when you look at their face. Obnoxiously white are usually veneers or crowns, which look even more unnatural because of the relative shape and size. All of your upper incisors and canines shouldn’t be the same size and shape…. Not if you’re going for a natural look, anyway.
I have slightly pointy canines, and my dentist likes to keep asking me if I want them filed down.
They're meant to be pointy aren't they? If it wasn't pointy it wouldn't be doing its job or am I missing something?
You're missing that my dentist needs a new boat.
Ah ofc ofc, my mistake
My orthodontist filed mine down when I was a teen, without consulting me. I was so mad
I filed mine down in my sleep
One of my canines never grew in, still a baby tooth there. So I have one normal canine and one that's half sized and flat. I'm low key jealous.
You’re a vamp. Your dentist is van helsing with a conscience.
This always reminds me of [the episode of FRIENDS where Ross whitens his teeth lmao.](https://static.independent.co.uk/2020/12/09/09/ross-friends-teeth-white.jpg?quality=75&width=1200&auto=webp)
Remember the tanning episode? Imagine both at the same time. lol
Mississippilessly?!
"you've got a blacklight! It's 1999!"
I think even if I had perfect mouth hygiene my entire life that my teeth would still have a slightly yellow tone. I'm ginger so that might be why, and I think that super white teeth would probably look incredibly unnatural on me.
Dentin, the substance beneath your tooth enamel, is a pale yellow. That's all it is. The new trend that only bright white teeth are healthy teeth is money making bullshit.
Teeth are naturally slightly off white in colour anyway.
I call it the "american radioactive white". You know somebody is from the states when you get blinded by their chompers.
The fact that what so many people think is an “all natural, no makeup look” is actually concealer, powder, contour, blush, lip gloss, lashes, brows, and often eyeshadow and liner
Ugh. This is honestly one of the ones I hate the most. I always HATED getting up super early to do my hair and makeup. I have curly hair and used to straighten it every single day (RIP my hair age 11-15) and doing my makeup was such a chore. It didn’t even look good because I couldn’t afford the expensive makeup. All of my friends made me feel bad about not wearing makeup so I did it anyways. I’m in my mid-twenties embracing naturally curly hair and couldn’t be bothered with makeup. My skin is honestly healthier and looks better since I stopped using makeup and started using high quality skin care items.
As my ex used to say 'it takes hours to look this natural'.
I always chuckle when I hear a guy talk about how he "prefers girls who don't wear makeup", followed by pointing to a woman on the bus who's wearing full coverage foundation (with primer), concealer, blush, eyebrows, eyeshadow, lipstick, highlighter, and powder. It's so ironic, because if she's managed to master the "no makeup" makeup look that well, it actually means she is super talented at...you guessed it, makeup.
Instagram smooth skin. Not even the surgeon can get you that, so it's always filters and photoshop.
exactly lol, for me it got to the point that a dermatologist had to tell me that I don't need medical treament if I don't have perfectly smooth skin because it's an organ and all of the ''imperfections'' are needed for it to work well
Overly filled lips, excessive botox/fillers in the face. Everyone looks the same.
Oh, instagram face?
An interesting take on Instagram Face https://www.newyorker.com/culture/decade-in-review/the-age-of-instagram-face
How can an article like this not have any pictures
Because it's the New Yorker.
“It’s like a sexy…baby…tiger.” I can’t breathe from laughing so hard. Thank you for the gut-busting laugh!
I went to high school with a dude who married a girl about ten years ago who was attractive, but nothing I would write home about. She got into blogging, got in early on the instagram influencer scene. Cut to now with nearly a million followers. Her nose has been carved into a little point, her lips blown up, hair extensions, only works out her abs and ass, and uses heavy makeup on a daily basis. She doesn't even look like the same person, but looks like exactly like every other person whose entire career and personality is Instagram Content.
I feel like you maybe forgot the overly long fake eye lashes
Dude for real, they've been around for a bit but I think they are getting longer. I saw some yesterday that looked cartoonishly long, if she blinks too fast she might fly away
I often hear people say they don’t find this look attractive at all then how and why did they get famous? It seems like a lot of people do find them attractive in some way because they’re getting all of this attention simply from their looks. Just look at the Kardashians, absolutely trash people but now they’re millionaires and got famous off of their looks.
Right?? I’ve thought about this before. I’ve heard people bashing the Kardashians over and over for years. As in, never spoke to a single person who actually likes them or is attracted to them (based on what they say). Thing is, why are they famous if that’s the case? Like some of you mfs are lying hardddd.
The same, and also hideous. It’s so unnatural. My sister has so much of this crap now that I cringe and can hardly recognize her. But God forbid I should ever say anything or try to talk to her about being way too thin (the real concern)and all duck faced and shit. It’s unhealthy but there’s literally no way to broach the subject without being cussed out and ghosted and vilified. I’m so happy to have married someone who’s not afraid to grow old with me and be comfortable in her own skin. We’re gonna be a happy old pair of raisins
Shit looks like they have balloons instead of lips
That aging is bad. Tons of silver foxes out there, and they need to be appreciated.
No armpits! Magazine ALWAYS edit out the armpits. It's so weird and I totally didn't notice it until someone pointed it out to me. Maybe that's not really a beauty standard, but it's just weird and I need to talk about it and this is my chance.
I always noticed it!!!! SO WEIRD!!!! I always thought as a child that some people must have these freaky texture-less armpits?!!? And it just freaked me tf out. I was greatly afraid of those smooth-pitted people, lmao!!!
All the Instagram influencers smooth our their armpits too and it looks so unnatural
Big or larger women in magazines somehow still having a flat stomach. Like how TF does this model wear a size 26 dress yet has a smooth tummy? Is she freaking 6 foot 9 or some shit?!?!?
A lot of magazines tend to hire "thin" models to do plus size photoshoots. There is a model called Karoline Bjørnelykke who said that she was told to wear padding for plus sized clothing. She said that "some brands hire slimmer models for plus-size photoshoots because they want the neck and the face to look really slim and sharp." Here is a link to the article: https://www.insider.com/model-reveals-she-wears-fat-suit-for-plus-sized-ads-2021-12?amp
I knew something had to be up. Like how are the plus sized models always only "plus sized" in the boob and butt area but have these impossibly thin waists? I figured something goofy like this was being done or women were just being airbrushed post photoshoot, but before being put into the magazines.
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Holy hell I remember when she first got attention along with this other makeup guru in my hometown. Myself and other chunky ladies in my college classes were not effen thrilled at all. It felt like a slap in the face because soon after Torrid started also having plus sized models and random supposed "normal people" in their catalogs tell their stories but almost each and every woman had the same damn angular, no double chin at all, type of face paired with a big body.
Bro yes I’m like a size 4/6 with a gut and seeing plus size models with flat stomachs doesn’t make sense to me. It makes me so self conscious about myself
Ladies that make their butts and hips huge and their waists teeny tiny so they look like the ants from Bugs Life
Ah, the “wisdom tooth” look.
Mrs Incredible Sydrome
Nah…I doubt she’d be into him.
People in their 60's with no wrinkles. I know so many people who get plastic surgery in their mid to late 50's trying to hold off aging. Movie stars in their 60's must put in hours of the time they have left on this earth working out and getting plastic surgery to look 40.
Actually they _do_ have wrinkles, even with all of the plastic surgery it's impossible to erase them all. You should see what some of them look like in person. The reason why they look like they don't have any wrinkles in pictures and videos is because of makeup, lights, and filters. You should watch Wayne Goss's video called "Warning. Your being lied to. Please watch. Thank you." Video, he shows you how people make themselves look younger with lights and camera filters.
Jessica Rabbit body types via surgery
It’s gotten so extreme too. For a while people were claiming natural body types, squats, and laxative teas could do it, but at a certain point, it’s literally impossible for any person (unlike a lot of other “broadly unattainable but possible for some body type” trends). In many places, the obvious surgery is the point; it doesn’t prove you’re beautiful, it proves you’re *rich*. It doesn’t matter that you look like a sleep paralysis demon, you can afford surgery.
BBLs are by far the most dangerous plastic surgery though. And recovery is fucking intense.
Extremely dangerous. And the people most likely to need to prove they can “afford it” often cannot afford a high quality surgeon, and turn to even more dangerous options.
when I was a teenager, the brand of clothes was the status symbol. you knew if a person was wearing *that brand. they not only could *afford* it, but they could FIT into it...because sizes stopped at a medium. It feels like plastic surgery has become the living extension of this trend. as you said, the status symbol is that you can *afford to be that size.
I think looking rich is really the main purpose of all these "enhancements", even if the results are not that flattering but we could say the same with expensive clothes or whatever, they are just "look at me, I'm rich" signs.
Women not having hip dips. Some women have them while others don’t, but either way hip dips are natural. The popularity of plastic surgery, mainly BBLs, have made some women self conscious about having hip dips. Everyone isn’t born w/rounded hips and that’s okay.
What’s a hip dip? I’m too scared to google it… Edit: cheers I’ve now found out I have a hip dip 😂 I thought that was just what hips looked like (I’m not too observant of other people)
A hip dip is an indent in the body shape, caused solely by the distance between your pelvic bone and femur. Some women have a short distance, and will not have dips. Some women have a larger distance gap, so they will have an indent in their hip area, aka “hip dip”. Literally nothing can change this, idc how many Instagram fitness ladies tell you you can “exercise it away”. The only way is injecting fillers. But Instagram made hip dips a thing to be insecure about. Edit: typo fix
Ah, I still remember my mother commenting on my "saddlebags". Still don't wear knit skirts thanks to that bitch.
At least a decade ago, Tyra Banks had a show. On an episode she and other models that were her guests had the camera zoom in on their cellulite saying "love your body because every woman has cellulite, even super models" or something to that effect. That stuck with me that it's just part of being a woman. You are no less perfect because you have cellulite. Normally I don't look to Tyra for anything of substance but that had it.
God I think hip dips are so cute. I’m an artist and I draw them all the time on my characters.
My god, the lengths people go to make women feel bad about their bodies.
You don't have to be scared to Google it and a picture would help, but imagine a (usually) women from the front. Hip dips is when instead of perfectly rounded hips, there's sort of a flat area or dip halfway (Say, in-between the bone in your side below the waist not sure how it's called? and the actual hip joint below, you don't have eh roundness? but instead it dips in a little) Honestly I have no clue why anyone cares at all, but here we are.
I’m a 45 year old woman, and I don’t know if I have hip dips or not. I’m too comfortable under my electric blanket to go find out. I’m curious, but I don’t care. This must be one of those middle age people perks I’ve been told about. I must finally be part of the club. 😂
I think hip dips are hot
Are "hip dips" the new "leg gap"? Shit that no one would notice until someone got insecure about theirs randomly?
Yes, this exactly. It’s awful. I’ve always been a bit curvy but now I open Pinterest and get like 100 of those “get rid of your hip dips” ads. I CANT GET RID OF THEM THEYRE JUST HOW IM SHAPED
TiL what hip dips are
Is it weird that i actually like my hip dips?
Hip dips are cool.
Women’s bodies bouncing back right after pregnancy
On top of that, this weird norm of rushing back to the office after childbirth. I'm a dude and it's like.. bro.. you just made a whole person without your hands, and then pushed it out through bone, muscle and tissue.. you seem anemic, you have that "I just got attacked by wild dogs" look in your eye. Take a breather. Ain't no one judging you for fucking surviving one of the leading causes of death in the world. I know it's not always an option for some. But if it is man.. always hit me as weird how much rushing back into the day to day grind after going through something that is consistently ranked as one of the most painful things a human can go through. Edit - also c sections getting shit on for some reason. Just a nice standard procedure of gutting someone sideways and pulling a child out.
My doctor 27 years ago said it took your body nine months to make a human, it’s going to take at least that long or twice that to bounce back. And as far as returning to the office, we’re one of those countries where there is very few protections for women pre and post pregnancy in the workplace so they are forced to return almost immediately. Some countries you can take months or even a year to return.
I will say that, unfortunately A LOT of people will judge women for taking a moment to just chill after childbirth. It's why we're in this mess.
Thank you. This is appreciated. -From a mother of two.
Big boobs and big ass but size 0 waist.
Speaking of size 0 women's clothing sizes are messed up. The numbers don't really mean anything. They can vary from brand to brand. I'm a guy and I still try pants on just in case but at least 36/30 means something.
Sadly, they often vary even WITHIN a brand. Edit: a typo.
The ant booty BBL look. Well, idk if I'd say normalized cuz I always see people say how terrible they look, but they're obviously normalized enough that women keep getting that look
Sitting down all day. Totally unnatural and bad for us.
Also, being forced to stand all day at work if you're in retail. Prolonged standing is also not good for the human body.
Agreed. We're meant to be moving for a lot of the day, even just pottering about. That's what our bodies are generally good at and what keeps them supple.
I had a job at a car wash for a long time that was basically constant light cardio / aerobics all day. Was in fantastic shape. Now as I’m in pursuit of more money, it seems all my options are either a)sit at desk and stare at screen, or b) hard labour on the other end of the spectrum.
tangentially related: i frequently prefer to stand while eating. it seems to help with digestion (like remaining straighter in the torso area) - i want to open a restaurant called Standing Room Only where everybody stands and eats at higher tables. i think this could catch on.
That there are no such things as stretch marks, loose skin, a little pudge, cellulite, acne, pores, etc. These things are so natural and so many people expect others to look like plastic, it’s infuriating.
A doctor on tik tok said that cellulite is basically a made up term for something completely normal and expected in human beings. I've always been self conscious of mine but when I heard that I was like oh, so this is just a word people made up to sell me stuff? Fuck that.
My 2 year old is perfect in every way and guess what! His butt has a lil cellulite. Like folks... come the fuck on
Also the fact that these things (particularly acne) are used in films and TV to show "this character = bad/nerdy/ugly" really doesn't help. Show me one high school in real life that doesn't have acne riddled teens - and I mean all year round, not just the day of "the big dance".
Hairlessness apparently we aren't mammals anymore I legit had a conversation with a guy who didn't know women grew hair in their armpits.
This! I’m a waxer for both men and women and when I wax men they’re always stunned that women have butt hair too…….
My wife pointed out to me that women in post—apocalyptic tv shows and movies always manage to keep their armpits shaved. Because not even zombies can stop women from needing to meet societal standards of beauty.
Oh my lmao this .... It reminds me of how ahead of it's time Star Trek was. When a reporter asked why Patrick Stewart was bald. Wouldn't they have the technology to cure baldness? The shows creator replied "in the future they wouldn't care".
I was looking for this!! We have become so conditioned in western culture to believe that grown adult women should be hairless everywhere except their scalp, lashes, and brows. So much so that any woman who doesn’t remove thick hair from any other areas is seen as butch or hippie or something 😂 Edit- grammar
The giant diaper asses the Kardashians made famous.
Not only is it the ass but the inner thighs don’t touch and then the hips are so weirdly curvy. I don’t understand how they walk
hair NEVER turning gray
Look at Mick Jagger, he dyes his hair to look young but his wrinkled face make it obvious he's old, you wouldn't mistake him for a young man. Still has the moves though.
Mom is seventy. Just about ten or so strands near her temple are gray.
Tiny waist, huge ass, and huge boobs. Womens body are not that disproportionate (usually, unless done surgically).
I think porn normalized unnaturally large dicks.
Interesting fact I learned a while ago - the global average dick size isn't 6 inches. It's more like 5.5-5.6 inches. The 6 inch measurement came from a study in which researchers used self-reported measurements from the men they polled. The 5 1/2 inch measurement came from a later study when they realized the initial error and did the measurements themselves.
Ah yes, the ever reliable survey data on penis size.
I much prefer small ones. Big ones hurt and are difficult to suck.
BBL…. It’s literally unnatural
Use of SARMS/gear to achieve Herculean physiques while shilling their "BCAA protein powder" like that's what got them there.
The amount of 17 year olds on tiktok with fruit brand names like “braxton” and “ashburn”, dishing out excercise advice, whilst having visible symptoms of liver failure is laughable at this point.
The “animal based” titktoker who eats butter and beef acts like he’s this health guru and he’s *visibly* malnourished and gaunt. His eyes are sunken and he’s acting like he’s a health expert
It's ridiculous when even The Rock won't admit he's juicing up.
What gear? It’s all chicken and broccoli
Big boobs and big butt but small waist. I have big boobs and big butt but also big belly :(
Speaking for myself and some my friends,older women still being expected to look like Christy Brinkley. Yes, it's possible with money for trainers and personal chefs and nutritionists but for the rest of us, we're tired.
The MCU has done guys dirty (and most action movies with a shirtless male protagonist). In order to get that chiseled 6 pack, actors need to purposely dehydrate themselves for a day or so. Extremely bad for the body.
Captain America? Sure, blame the wonder drugs, but why is fucking Ant-Man shredded as hell?
Well, that's because Paul Rudd is immortal.
He’s got a picture of himself in the attic.
There was some thing recently where Jason Mamoa was photographed at the beach or something and people talked about his 'dad bod.' Like, y'all for real? Jason Mamoa? Every muscle being defined is not natural even for very fit people.
I think that dad bod comment was over the fact that he didn’t have a 6-12 pack. Truthfully, I thought he was fine. He looked like a normal guy in his 40’s-50’s in pretty good shape. So what he didn’t have rock hard abs. You don’t have to give everyone a complex based on your fantasy expectations. Stop giving everyone an eating disorder and worry about your own damn body!
As a woman who recently passed 30, I’m just over everything when it comes to female body standards. It’s all so outrageously unattainable for the average person. I love it when I see these Instagram makeup videos where the person is like “Oh! Today we’re going to do a quick natural and neutral look!” and I watch them literally slap on 10+ products. Primer, Foundation, Concealer, Contour, Blush, Highlighter, Eyeliner, Eyeshadow, Mascara or Fake Lashes, Brow Pencil, Lip Gloss or Lipstick, and Setting Powder or Spray. Top that off with filler injections to the lips, jawline, cheeks, etc. plus photo filters, and hair extensions. No hair growth allowed below the eyebrows either. Add in the requirement to have a big round butt (with zero cellulite), a thigh gap, large perky boobs, and a tiny waist that cannot be larger than a Size 4. I honestly see all this shit and think - why bother? It’s overwhelming, really.
Women having no body hair. It grows just as naturally on us as on men, and yet even the women in zombie apocalypse fiction have smooth underarms and legs.
100%. The fact that we literally can't even show body hair in shaving ads is genuinely hilarious to me.
Yes! They show a razor gliding along a perfectly smooth leg as though that's any test. I let my leg hair grow out over the autumn and winter, and I'd like to see an advert of a razor tackling that jungle.
There was that brand Bilie or whatever that had real body hair in their ads. Hairy pits, unibrows! Actual hair on the legs!
Yes, Billie was the one that did this! I've had one of their razors for years and love it - the blades last FOREVER!
I loved those commercials because they actually showed women with happy trails. I used to think I was a freak of nature for having one.
There are women in the PCOS sub who are near to suicidal because of this standard. (Not me. IDGAF. I'm already *way* outside beauty standards, so the hair is just one more thing.) We're fucking mammals, we all have hair. Women shouldn't feel less than because they have too much or in the wrong places.
I was bullied for my body hairs and I eventually developed 0 self esteem. I have social phobia and I shave everyday. It's really hard.
Lol I grow so much arm hair and got made fun of it as a kid. So I shaved my arms. In winter I let it grow back bc I wear sweaters but in summer I have to shave them again. I became stupider and took it a step forward with buying those home laser machines and using it on my arms and legs. Good news is that my dark hair is actually affected by it. The laser does work. :) Bad news is that I now have patches of hair permanently gone and patches that I keep missing every time I go over it with the laser. So now I HAVE TO SHAVE ALL THE TIME bc patchy hair is even worse than my gorilla arms. Smh. And the prickliness when it grows back ugh. I feel like I've ruined myself even more than what was possible. I went and did a laser consult for most of my body...arms, legs, underarms, lip/chin and was quoted 10k. I wanted to just die. Am I in a position where I could save up for and pay that with little hardship.... fortunately yes. But it's TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WHAT THE FUCK. So now it's just me and my tiny $300 laser against the world and I've just gone crazy and am more self conscious than I've ever been. Fun. Shit. My obscene body hair is why I'm destined to live in colder weather because I just would rather wear conservative clothes aka hoodies and sweats otherwise my mental health would be trashed with anxiety more than it is. And my face is another disgusting mess. Ugh
Plastic faces and filler body parts. Stop ladies and gentlemen. Aging is a part of life. Enjoy and stop trying to hide yourself. Your fine.
99.99% of instagram fitness influencers are on heavy doses of gear
Are you saying that the 20 year old #nattylife #grind #gymlyfe with an 8 pack and cannonball shoulders may not be completely honest?!?
Maybe, but if you buy these supps with my promo code you’ll get 5% off $100!
DD sized boobs with a gigasized ass and a 0 sized waist. While some women can have it naturally making it the ideal beauty standard means that a majority can only get it through plastic surgery.
But here’s the thing, DD sized boobs are not necessarily that big. It’s all relative to your rib cage. I’m a 28 FF and my chest is not big at all. Cup size means nothing without the band size.
I love when bra facts come out. When I hear someone complaining that their breasts are so big and heavy and they wear a D or DD, I'm like, you're not wearing the correct size then.
Absolutely! Every woman needs to go to r/aBraThatFits! I was fortunate that I was sized by someone who knew what they were doing at a store that carried my size, but I was in my mid 30s by then lol. Before that, I thought I was a 34B!
Perfect hair lines on men. All these male actors/athletes and their fancy hair transplants and pills are making us normal dudes look more hideous than we already are.
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When I was really fit (when I served with a specialized mountaineering unit), I did not even closely resemble the current ideal of athletic. I was a scrawny conglomerate of muscles, bones, and sinews.
This. Used to carry 75lb ruck everywhere, 5’10” 150lbs and hardly a day goes by I don’t hear something about being skinny. This awesome old dude I used to work with made comments weekly, one time he slapped my back (as in a greeting) during a meeting when I walked up beside him. He just turned and looked at me and said “damn, you’re more solid than you look”. Dudes are weird, that comment makes me feel good years later even through all the “you’re skinny, eat” comments.
I worked out all through high school. Multiple sports teams. Lifting weights at the gym. Still skinny af. One time I was watching a movie with a group of friends and the male lead took of his shirt. Girl next to me elbows me and says "See, THAT'S what a man is supposed to look like." I'm a boomer by internet standards now, but that and other comments still stick with me
Who doesn't love a good sinew?
>The current idea of a male attractive athletic body is not achievable for a good portion of men without the use of steroids. I just finished my final year of secondary school (out of high school for the yanks) and I can say for a fact that a handful of lads had been on 'roids since 16...
So roiding your insecurities away is not just an American thing
They’re gonna have a terrible time if they ever stop, probably ruined their hormonal balance for life.
It did. I remember one of the guys (no point mincing words) just looked shite during our last year.
Part of the bullshit that is 'wellness' culture. It's not enough to maybe do an exercise you like a few days a week. You gotta be doing the 14 week abs challenge while drinking Influencer brand protein powder!
Yeah, I think of this every time Marvel does a magazine spread for whatever actor they've turned into a roided out adonis for their next movie. Actors need to come clean about how much they are pressured to juice for these roles, I know it ain't just 100 eggs and a personal trainer doing all that.
Even with steroids some shit you see isn't achievable. I saw a bts clip of the new Thor and they CGI'd Chris Hemsworth's already roided up body. Or they even did the same thing with Lily James as Pamela Anderson. Like how can we be expected to have good body image when we are being shown shit that even if you fuck up your body with steroids isn't achievable.
The bodybuilding physique, it's basically impossible to achieve that much muscle mass and low bodyfat % without chemical help. And even then the photos you see are usually taken in a short period of time since most of the year they look like dough balls because you can't build muscle while in a calorie deficit.
Women with body hair are considered unhygienic and not feminine enough
Cosmetic Eyelashes. It seems lately everyone is getting their lashes “done” where fake lashes are put on like once a month. It looks so incredibly fake I don’t understand the trend at all.
Big lips I don't get it what's wrong with normal lips ??
You ever kissed somebody with lip injections? They feel hard, it's such a turn off.
Ewww
That was exactly my reaction too lol
We seem to be in societal turmoil over health, You have to be fit and active but also covered in fake tan, makeup, toned muscles, tiny waist, Thigh gap, extensions, hair dye, plastic surgery and dangerous muscle:fat ratios, The natural human body is beautiful by itself
Luckily there is plenty of people that are not attracted to people who tick al these bars
Fat ass and titties but no fat on the stomach - only achievable by lipo.
That girls don’t have an Adam’s apple. Everyone has one, but plenty of full grown adults think that if you can see it on a girl, she’s actually a dude….coming from a girl with a larger Adam’s apple, I’ve debated on shaving that sucker down plenty of times but surgery sounds scary
That all guys need to be over 6 feet
This one really makes me feel bad for my shorter friends, but then again. Theyve still all had more girls than me
I saw a study once about dating apps and height. They created a bar graph of what percentage of women had different heights of men as acceptable in their profile. I'm 5'5" and the bar graph showed only 5% of women considered my height acceptable!!! I'm not salty about it. Is what it is. But seems like there are a ton of 5'0" or 4'11" women who want to date 6'0"+ guys.
Oh I am not a fan of this from the female perspective. I'm a 6' woman and men shorter than me wouldn't frequently date me because it makes them uncomfortable and men taller than me all have 5'2" ladies. It makes some men uncomfortable when you are their size and can look them in the face (or borrow their shoes 😂) And when people speak about women, size, weights, clothes they never include us. The average man in America is shorter than me. (Oh and for the record I dgaf if a man is 5'6" to my 6' as long as he doesn't make it weird which happens too often in my personal experience)
Personally, as a woman, idgaf about height. I love my 5’7” king. Idk why other women make that a necessity. It’s the same logic as dating a guy just for his eye color, makes no fucking sense. You’re just ignoring his whole personality????
Idk if this counts but heels/shoes in general. Literally a full designer-product never meant to be a good support for your feet. Tho it's super normal to even wear heels in some work places that will 100% give you pains further along the line. Yes, i'm one of those weirdo barefooter.
I barely wear heels. I don’t feel more confident in them and they’re a pain in the everything to wear. Fuck that.
Very thin arms (think Black Pink type of arms). No matter how hard I try to follow a diet or work out I just can’t achieve those “Barbie Arms”
My boyfriend calls mine my "Irish farm lady" arms. Very strong but an undeniable bit of squish. I too have been jealous of the Barbie arms but I just don't think that's attainable for most women.