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Reflection and Bibliography

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Cinderella is a perfect example of how men can set the expectations for women's beauty. If a woman does not look like a princess, she will never find her Prince Charming.

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Madelaine's cover of this magazine demonstrates a prime example of these beauty standards being set. The text, "Your sexiest summer hair" leads women to go into the magazine and look for hair product information or tips to make themselves look better to improve their image to the male eye and the male standards.

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The picture below is the cover picture for a song titled "Body Like a Back Road", by famous country singer Sam Hunt. This song has the lyrics, "The way she fit in them blue jeans, she don't need no belt, but I can turn em' inside out, I don't need no help, Got hips like honey, so thick and so sweet, ain't no curves like her, on them downtown streets". This song became so popular and with lyrics like this, it just goes to show how influential music can be and how men can set beauty standards for women even though music.

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This article questions women for complaining about these ridiculous standards that are set by men, however they subject themselves to the fashion industry. The article's stand is because of the social standing. Social media's influence is so powerful now that a woman's social standing can directly affect their self-image.

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Some women complain about having to comply with beauty standards defined by men.

Some women subject themselves to the fashion industry.

* This second is somewhat awkwardly phrased, but I take it to mean that some women take fashion trends set by the industry seriously and attempt to keep current with them.

In the Venn diagram that is women, I am sure there is some overlap between these two groups and that overlap is, I will assume, the target group for this question.

I am not a member of that target group. I enjoy fashion, but I don't follow trends. I may occasionally complain about beauty standards, but I don't blame all beauty standards on men alone.

Anyway, why would a women who follows fashion trends, also complain about the influence of men on beauty standards for women, or vice versa?

I suspect that all people who feel pressured to adhere to standards that are difficult to maintain will resent whomever they feel is applying those pressures. It is not difficult for me to imagine that some women feel they must maintain a certain level of fashionable appearance to be socially accepted and resent that many of the popular fashion trends seemed geared towards pleasing male desires.

A social guideline that I resent, yet still adhere to, is shaving, for example. I wouldn't blame this non-fashion beauty standard entirely on men, though some would. I am prone to hair follicle infections and so I often feel that my skin does not look better shaved (i.e. red and inflamed), then unshaved. However, I am a naturally very hairy person, far hairier than is considered feminine, in the USA at least.

I tried to go without shaving my legs for a while in college but I couldn't stop feeling ashamed of my hairy legs, no matter how I tried to mentally bolster myself. Society has utterly convinced me that it's wrong to have hairy legs as a woman.

My husband has even told me that he'd be OK if I stopped shaving and he doesn't get why I feel the need to do so before revealing my legs in public. Even the affirmation of the man I care most about in my life, and the only man whose attraction to me matters, cannot counteract the years of built up social pressure that I feel to have shaved legs.

Social pressure is powerful, and all women feel it in different ways.

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Women complain about having to comply with beauty standards defined by men. But why then do they happily subject themselves to the fashio...

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Answer (1 of 2): Some women complain about having to comply with beauty standards defined by men. Some women subject themselves to the fashion industry. *This second is somewhat awkwardly phrased, but I take it to mean that some women take fashion trends set by the industry seriously and attemp...

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Women standards made and maintained by Men

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Women standards made and maintained by Men

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The article below states that men create these impossible standards when, Wadington states, (2014) "Sure, maybe there are more men making decisions about what images are created and sold, but are they doing this because of what they individually like or because they know what sells to women—what makes women anxious enough to say, “I want what she’s having?” Isn’t the bottom line all about marketing and money and grabbing women’s attention"

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By Guest Blogger Maddie Wadington

If you've been reading Time Magazine, The Guardian, Glamour, or just about any popular magazine or newspaper of late, you've seen reports of a new study that compares men and women's perceptions of beauty. The researchers asked both men and women to judge which photo of a model, wearing various amounts of makeup, was the most attractive to them, which photo would be the most attractive to other men, and which photo would be the most attractive to other women. Both men and women believed that the models wearing more makeup would be judged as more attractive by men. Interestingly, that wasn't the case. Results showed that more women than men preferred the model wearing more makeup.

So what's going on here? The researchers conclude that women are holding themselves to a standard of beauty that does not exist. Well, yes, that sounds right. But in spite of their findings, these researchers assume this standard of beauty is created and maintained solely by men, reflecting their version of attractiveness. This doesn't make sense to me. We're bombarded 24-7 with photoshopped beauty ideals, so doesn't media play an overwhelmingly large role, not only in the creation of this "make believe" version of beauty but also in maintaining this standard in girls' and women's everyday lives?

Sure, maybe there are more men making decisions about what images are created and sold, but are they doing this because of what they individually like or because they know what sells to women-what makes women anxious enough to say, "I want what she's having?" Isn't the bottom line all about marketing and money and grabbing women's attention (and as we've seen from the likes of Veet's recent ad campaign, anything goes). Isn't the corporate bottom line and not individual male desire responsible for perpetuating these unrealistic beauty standards?

It is also interesting to note that the Time Magazine article that I read about this study was titled: "Science Shows Men Like Women With Less Makeup." But I have to wonder, why is the emphasis placed on how men prefer women? What about considering how women view other women? From my experience, girls and women compare their own beauty to that of other girls and women (just like girls and women do in the media). Could the results of this study-women preferring the model with more makeup-simply be due to the pressures they feel to look like the models they see in magazines?

When we think about how males and females perceive beauty, it's important to consider more than just the physical attractiveness between men and women. In our society, there are so many more factors affecting what we think of as attractive: like media, marketing, and the ways they impact our views of each other. This isn't just about gender or even about biology. Only when we consider the larger forces at play here can we affect how these unrealistic beauty standards affect our relationships and how we feel about ourselves. Only then can our voices can be heard.

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By Guest Blogger Maddie Wadington If you've been reading Time Magazine, The Guardian, Glamour, or just about any popular magazine or newspaper of late, you've seen reports of a new study that compares men and women's perceptions of beauty.

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This article from Huffington post Canada explains that Women are held to a higher standard of beauty than men are. This happens because social media is a landline for everybody now.  There are now thousands of young girls who post “selfies” on their social media accounts that are unfiltered or airbrushed, trying to keep up with standards set by men.

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When it comes to meeting beauty standards, women have to juggle more daily rituals than most men could even name.

Sure, there are requirements for basic put-togetherness both genders face. Men can't, for example, just walk around smelling gross in rumpled, hole-ridden clothes without at least minor social consequences. But society's image of an "average man" is still what the majority look like after taking a quick shower and putting on a clean shirt. (Often , the same one in different colors everyday).

But for women, meeting even the minimum standards for looking decent on a daily basis is a whole different situation -- because society's image of an "average woman" is far from what most women look like naturally. (We did not, in fact, wake up like this.)

So, we decided to explore what a makeup tutorial might look like if that gap were closed. Gone are the pricey exfoliators, Bebe creams, and hair products that cost a quarter of your salary.

Can you imagine what you would do with all the extra time and money you'd have if you axed your regular beauty routine?

When you're done watching, check out our companion Honest Makeup Tutorial, which shows just how much bullsh*t women have to go through to ensure their faces invite basic respect.

So, ladies, are we feeling equal yet?
Video written and directed by Lily Karlin and Paul Gale.

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If Women's Beauty Standards Were As Lax As Men's

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When it comes to meeting beauty standards, women have to juggle more daily rituals than most men could even name. Sure, there are requirements for basic put-togetherness both genders face. Men can't, for example, just walk around smelling gross in rumpled, hole-ridden clothes without at least minor social consequences.

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This video literally explains and outlines men's standards for women in different countries across the globe.

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Men Think These Body Types Are IDEAL [PHOTOS]

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More and more women at a younger age begin to compare themselves to images and examples displayed throughout social media of what they should strive to be. This is a great example of how men are quite literally creating these standards of beauty, and attractiveness for women to follow. A lot of women are seeing videos like this, browsing magazines displaying these images and are acting to change themselves for the male eye.

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The video below effectively depicts the impossible beauty standards put forth by advertisers to classically condition women into looking like and being the "perfect woman" in a man's eye.

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Stay Beautiful: Ugly Truth In Beauty Magazines

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EVERY WOMAN SHOULD WATCH THIS! A shocking video about the ugly truth hidden in beauty and fashion magazines. Next video soon.